<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:13:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Tara's Home Business Blog</title><description></description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>262</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-4279283977283076253</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-03T22:13:43.144-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>business opportunity</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>web prosperity</category><title>Get Ready For 2009 *NOW* With WebProsperity</title><description>I secured a top position in a brand new opportunity that &lt;br /&gt;is going to launch on January 6th, 2009. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See details here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.webprosperity.com"&gt;http://taram.webprosperity.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get a free position for yourself now and watch what happens &lt;br /&gt;during the next 3 days... This will be very exciting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tara Martindale&lt;br /&gt;Web Prosperity: &lt;a href="http://taram.webprosperity.com"&gt;http://taram.webprosperity.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Home Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" id="owbutton" src="http://www.onlywire.com/button"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mixx.com/" onclick="window.location='http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url='+window.location; return false;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/buttons/mixx-button1.png" alt="Add to Mixx!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2009/01/get-ready-for-2009-now-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-4950873108946498503</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-17T10:29:10.944-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>mama mentoring</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>training program</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>mamamentoring</category><title>What is Mama Mentoring?</title><description>Mama Mentoring is a free training program that teaches people how to market and build a successful business, whether you have one already or not. It will help you decide what the right business for you to start is and what to look for in a good company or niche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mentors are normal everyday stay at home moms, like me, who started looking for ways to make money while staying home with their children. It may have taken some time but they finally started seeing the success they were after and now they want to share it with you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead of using trial and error like they had to, the mentors are willing to share their secrets for free. There is the option to get even more information and training by purchasing the Attraction Marketing E-Course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mama Mentoring is very simple to promote as it has all of the materials one needs right there in the member area. From text ads, to email ads and banners there is no shortage of material to advertise this program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The program will show you how and where to advertise your business and what the hottest trends are in online promotion. The mentors at Mama Mentoring are determined to help others succeed in your home business, especially in this time of financial hardship many are facing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many people are looking for the right business and the right way to promote it but just do not have the proper training or information to make it successful. This program takes the guess work out of building a successful home business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com/MamaMentoring.html"&gt;Become a Mentoring Mama&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmartindale.com/MamaMentoring.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/images/MMsmall.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" id="owbutton" src="http://www.onlywire.com/button"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mixx.com/" onclick="window.location='http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url='+window.location; return false;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/buttons/mixx-button1.png" alt="Add to Mixx!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/12/what-is-mama-mentoring.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-8040742744911522498</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-16T00:01:41.691-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>affiliate marketing</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>affiliate business</category><title>Avoid Affiliate Marketing Disaster with These 5 Top Tips</title><description>Affiliate marketing has a very high failure rate and because these affiliates do not stick around long enough to really study and figure out what works they may never see success. Find out what the successful marketers are doing and replicate it. Also, consider what may not work when it comes to affiliate marketing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avoid Affiliate Marketing Disaster with the five tips below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Finding the right market to start an affiliate business is very important. To avoid failure you must choose products in a market where people are already spending money. It is a lot easier to sell the product when they are already interested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In certain niches, some marketers can start making money almost immediately. Weight loss, sports and health are just a few examples of top selling products. You have a better chance at success if you choose an affiliate program in these types of niches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. If you have too may products or programs on the go, it can spell disaster. If your website has too many products on it, you may never make a sale. It may be better to focus on one product until you can start earning a profit. Other products can be added in later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Make sure to have a website and start earning a profit from it before adding others. It can be difficult keeping track of multiple websites and advertising so get one off the ground and in profit before taking on the task of marketing any more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Affiliate marketers often make the mistake of not using a landing page and sign up forms. Regardless of the niche one is in it is a known fact that building a list is very important for future follow up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Building a large list may benefit you for many years to come. Get to know your subscribers before you expect them to purchase from you. Regardless of the niche you are in, remember to capture names and email addresses so you can follow up with them in the future. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. It is a good idea to set your self apart from the others in your affiliate program. Using the website provided by the company may not be wise since all the other affiliates will be also. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to avoid affiliate marketing disaster try to follow the five tips above and watch your affiliate business prosper. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmartindale.com/MamaMentoring.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/images/MMsmall.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" id="owbutton" src="http://www.onlywire.com/button"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/12/avoid-affiliate-marketing-disaster-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-4242847325229700207</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-05T21:39:10.577-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>mama mentoring</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>mamamentoring</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>list building</category><title>MamaMentoring is New and FREE</title><description>Here is a brand new list building program that will teach you how to build a list and expand your business. It's free and you can earn commissions on upgrades!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What you are about to read is absolutely true!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My friends Terry Rottmann and Frances Leary have just released Mama Mentoring, a new free site that will show you how to build any online home business without spending a dime on advertising!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the kinds of things that Mama Mentoring Teaches You To...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;♦Build and Grow a Successful Home Business&lt;br /&gt;  (whether you have one already or not)&lt;br /&gt;♦Generate Unlimited Leads for Your Business&lt;br /&gt;♦Build A MASSIVE List&lt;br /&gt;♦Have People Pay You to Grow Your List&lt;br /&gt;♦Market Your Business Successfully&lt;br /&gt;♦Enroll 15-20 new people into your Primary Business each month&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can get free instant access to this FREE site by clicking below...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mamamentoring.onelifetolive.biz"&gt;Click Here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tara Martindale&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site is absolutely free, but you better hurry before Terry and Frances come to their senses and starts charging people for this amazing information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://mamamentoring.onelifetolive.biz"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/images/MMsmall.jpg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" id="owbutton" src="http://www.onlywire.com/button"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/12/mamamentoring-is-new-and-free.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-5214541142788124341</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-23T21:53:38.529-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>make money</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>make money online</category><title>4 Tips to Make Money Online</title><description>In order to make money online, you really only need four things. Instead of making it harder for ourselves we can simplify it into four of the most important factors. This article will concentrate on those four most important factors to make money online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. The internet has made it a lot easier for us to offer products and services worldwide. Offering a product that people want, need, have an interest in and can pay for is the first this that is needed in order to make money online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some products are easier to sell on the internet so do some research to find the products that people really want. An example is information products. This seems like a great way to make money online for the average person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Second, we need customers for our products. In this day and age people seem to go online to find the answer to a question or attempt to solve a problem they may have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It would make sense and it is a great opportunity for people to make money online selling information that solves these problems or answers the questions people may have. If we begin to understand what problems people are facing, it will make it easier to find or create the products that people are looking for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Delivering the product to the customers is something we have to think about. If we create our own information products it can be as easy as directing the customer to a download page after payment has been received. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affiliate marketing is also a great way to get into this business because we do not have to worry about the collecting of money or delivery of products. The company usually takes care of all that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Having a system in place to aid in your success is the final tip to address. The basics you will need include having a website, a blog, an auto responder and a funnel system including backend products to sell. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will be very difficult, if not impossible, to make money online if you do not have a system up and running and promoting it regularly. This will require you to learn how to market on the internet and generate traffic with the methods you become comfortable with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To review, the important factors to make money online include having a product that people want, customers who can pay for the product, a way to collect money and deliver the product to those customers and a system to generate traffic and sell products on the back end.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" id="owbutton" src="http://www.onlywire.com/button"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mixx.com/" onclick="window.location='http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url='+window.location; return false;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/buttons/mixx-button1.png" alt="Add to Mixx!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/11/4-tips-to-make-money-online.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-3274377313061471580</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-22T21:06:35.570-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>affiliate marketer</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>critical steps to earning income on the internet</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>earn income on the internet</category><title>2 Critical Steps to Earning Income on the Internet</title><description>If you run an internet business, how would you say your success was? Would you say you are doing all you can do to make that internet business a success? When you step back and take a look at it, you may realize you are not really maximizing your true potential for &lt;strong&gt;earning income on the internet&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selling on the internet is something that a lot of people have trouble mastering. There are different approaches to &lt;em&gt;earning income on the internet&lt;/em&gt; but the real key is to always be selling. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will use affiliate marketing as an example here. If you want to earn income on the internet by means of &lt;strong&gt;affiliate marketing&lt;/strong&gt;, there are a couple steps you must take if you want to see success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Promoting the products, business opportunity or services is very important if you expect to earn income. The majority of internet marketers fail in their business due to the lack of visitors to their website. It is easier said than done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More people who have ever tried &lt;em&gt;internet marketing&lt;/em&gt; as a means to earning an income would be successful if getting quality visitors to their website was as easy as it sounded. Developing advertising and marketing skills are very important if you want to &lt;strong&gt;earn income on the internet&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This skill could take a lot of hours to master. Paid advertising may seem like an easy way to solve this problem but there is also a learning curve there. You must know how to spend your money and budget appropriately to achieve the result you desire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. If you want to get into affiliate marketing as a way to &lt;em&gt;earn income on the internet&lt;/em&gt;, which is very easy to get started in this kind of business, you should try to have a unique website all your own. Using the replicated company website may hinder your success because a lot of the other marketers are using the same or similar site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a good idea to pre-sell the benefits of your products or service you are representing. People like to buy from people and if you can relate to your potential customers in the form of pre-selling, it may have a huge impact on the amount of money you make.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earning income on the internet is more complex than some people believe so it is a little difficult to boil it down to two points. However, creating your own website for your affiliate products and marketing it like an expert will allow you to get enough quality traffic every day to &lt;strong&gt;earn income on the internet&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" id="owbutton" src="http://www.onlywire.com/button"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mixx.com/" onclick="window.location='http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url='+window.location; return false;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/buttons/mixx-button1.png" alt="Add to Mixx!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/11/2-critical-steps-to-earning-income-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-325618273612603870</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-21T20:48:07.185-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>dream list</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Internet home business</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>home business</category><title>Create a Dream List to Increase Motivation</title><description>When building an &lt;strong&gt;Internet home business&lt;/strong&gt; we all have our own motivation or reasons for doing so and wanting to succeed. We should all take the time to write down our motivations and read them every day. There are several things you can put on your dream list, to inspire you to succeed and achieve your goals in your Internet home business. Listed below are some examples of goals you could include on your dream list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Become your own boss. Quitting your job and working at home full time is a huge motivation when starting an internet home business. Having the freedom to earn money while staying at home can be a huge goal for some people. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Some people would like to buy a new home or a vacation home. Having a successful internet home business can help you generate the income necessary to purchase a new home. Many people rent and they would love to own their own home. Their &lt;em&gt;Internet home business&lt;/em&gt; could help them realize this dream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. If you are like the majority of the population, you may just want to pay off your debt and keep up with the bills every month. A lot of people are living pay check to pay check and to be able to improve upon that can be a dream for many.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Having children can be very expensive so this could me a motivating factor for some people. Providing an education, special classes or sports may be something you want to work towards. An &lt;strong&gt;Internet home business&lt;/strong&gt; can provide for your children and all their needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Investing more money into your future can be a dream for some. It is scary to think we may not have enough money for our retirement. Taking some of the profit from an Internet home business and investing it may be a very smart thing to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Travelling might be on the top of some people’s list of things to do. Having enough money to do so without worrying about the bills being paid can be very satisfying. Save up throughout the year and reward yourself with a vacation for a job well done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are just a few examples of what you could include on your dream list, but everyone is different and you may have different goals. Whatever is on your &lt;strong&gt;dream list&lt;/strong&gt;, make sure to read it every day. You may find this very motivating when building an &lt;strong&gt;Internet home business&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/11/create-dream-list-to-increase.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-586248898343394484</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-08T10:10:32.409-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Home Based Business Mail Follow-Up System</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>autoresponder</category><title>Do I Need a Home Based Business Mail Follow-Up System?</title><description>In a word  yes! You most definitely do. In marketing circles,&lt;br /&gt;research studies indicate that people need seven exposures to&lt;br /&gt;your offer before they buy from you. So, how can you&lt;br /&gt;guarantee that they visit your site those seven times? Simple,&lt;br /&gt;you collect their contact information and then you follow up&lt;br /&gt;with them periodically through your home based business mail&lt;br /&gt;follow-up system, also known as an autoresponder. This way they&lt;br /&gt;get to know and trust you and, if you do your job right, they&lt;br /&gt;may become your customer at some point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When looking for a home based business mail follow-up system, it&lt;br /&gt;benefits you to go with a paid service. Although some good free&lt;br /&gt;autoresponders exist, the level of support tends to decrease&lt;br /&gt;when you use them. Also, ads are usually inserted into each&lt;br /&gt;e-mail that goes out, ads that are for someone else's products,&lt;br /&gt;not yours. Common sense says that it is in your best interest&lt;br /&gt;for your message to be the only one that your respondent reads.&lt;br /&gt;Do a search for the term "autoresponder" and then investigate&lt;br /&gt;the results. If some of your friends or business associates use&lt;br /&gt;this type of service, get a recommendation from them. As with&lt;br /&gt;any service, thorough research ahead of time saves headaches and&lt;br /&gt;lost business later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to quality customer service, your home based&lt;br /&gt;business mail follow-up system should include as many of the&lt;br /&gt;following features as you can find. Look for the ability to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personalize messages with your list member's name and other&lt;br /&gt;information. Send an unlimited number of e-mail messages.&lt;br /&gt;Pre-load a series of messages to be sent out at predetermined&lt;br /&gt;intervals. Create and send html messages. Create and add opt-in&lt;br /&gt;forms to your web site. Broadcast a general message to your&lt;br /&gt;list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Building a list is crucial to your business success. With a good&lt;br /&gt;home based business mail follow-up system in place, your chance&lt;br /&gt;for success can improve substantially.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="socialbookmarking"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/digg.png" alt="Digg" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/delicious.png" alt="Del.icio.us" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/reddit.gif" alt="Reddit" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;t=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/furl.gif" alt="Furl" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&amp;bkmk=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/google.png" alt="Google Bookmarks" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/stumbleupon.gif" alt="StumbleUpon" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://favorites.live.com/quickadd.aspx?marklet=1&amp;mkrt=en-us&amp;url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/live.gif" alt="Windows Live" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/technorati.png" alt="Technorati" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;t=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/yahoo-myweb.png" alt="Yahoo MyWeb" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/11/do-i-need-home-based-business-mail.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-306215557787945100</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-09T11:55:21.821-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>work at home affiliate business</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>affiliate marketing</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>affiliate marketing for stay at home moms</category><title>Affiliate Marketing for Stay at Home Moms</title><description>Mothers who stay at home to care for their children may feel guilty for not contributing to the family financially. There is no reason to feel guilty, but it may be an issue anyway. You may be conflicted inside because there would be guilt either way you turned. If you went out to get a job, you would have to leave the children and find trustworthy child care. If you stay home the guilt mentioned earlier may come into play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a solution to this conflict and that is to start your own home business. It a win, win situation. You can be there for the children, knowing they are getting the care they need and you can earn money to contribute to the family finances. Some may wonder where to begin or what kind of business to start.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a very simple solution and that is affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing for stay at home moms is probably the easiest way to start a work at home business. It does not require stocking and processing products, handling money or shipping goods. When doing affiliate marketing it usually requires you to advertise or market that company’s products or services. Most companies will supply a website for you to use in your advertising efforts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to earn an income you would have to make sales using your website or recruit others to become affiliate marketers just as you are. There are a lot of companies that offer a free affiliate program and some that require a monthly fee, and there are also others that require a monthy purchase of products in order to earn commissions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people are put off by having to buy the products but if the company has products that are of high quality and is something that we would use anyway, it can be a good thing. If we use the products that we are promoting it is a lot easier to make a sale. If you believe in what you are selling, you will want to share it with others and only have good things to say about the company and products. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When finding a company to become an affiliate with, make sure to do some homework and find out all you can about them. Make sure they are a reputable company with a good track record and offer something that you would be interested in. That way you will be comfortable and confident when marketing your business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is your own work at home business so be sure to treat it as such. You are your own boss and make your own schedule. There are no deadlines and quotas to meet, so it may be a little harder to stay on track. Make a schedule so you can spend enough time on your business and with your children. That’s what it is all about, after all, having the freedom to stay home with your children while bringing in an extra income.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://stats.trafficpayouts.com/z/96/CD26772/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/images/simple%20data%20entry.bmp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="socialbookmarking"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/digg.png" alt="Digg" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/delicious.png" alt="Del.icio.us" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/reddit.gif" alt="Reddit" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;t=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/furl.gif" alt="Furl" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&amp;bkmk=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/google.png" alt="Google Bookmarks" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/stumbleupon.gif" alt="StumbleUpon" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://favorites.live.com/quickadd.aspx?marklet=1&amp;mkrt=en-us&amp;url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/live.gif" alt="Windows Live" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/technorati.png" alt="Technorati" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;t=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/yahoo-myweb.png" alt="Yahoo MyWeb" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/10/affiliate-marketing-for-stay-at-home_1829.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-22455896493420526</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-29T12:35:44.411-04:00</atom:updated><title>GET MAD!</title><description>by: Stone Evans&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-14991"&gt;http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-14991&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean it... Get *REALLY* mad!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get MAD anytime you have to do something that you &lt;br /&gt;don't really want to do (like going to work FOR &lt;br /&gt;SOMEBODY ELSE early in the morning)... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get MAD for all the times you've wanted to buy &lt;br /&gt;something nice for yourself, go on a vacation, take the &lt;br /&gt;day off, or (insert your desires here) but couldn't &lt;br /&gt;afford it... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get MAD if you've ever worried when the stock market &lt;br /&gt;goes down... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get MAD if there has ever been an opportunity to &lt;br /&gt;improve your life or the life of people you love, but &lt;br /&gt;you couldn't take advantage of it because of time or &lt;br /&gt;financial limitations... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get MAD if what you *REALLY* wish you could do in this &lt;br /&gt;life isn't happening YET... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why I'm a telling you to get mad? Don't all the &lt;br /&gt;self-help materials tell you to keep a positive &lt;br /&gt;attitude... things will "work out"??? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guess what... THEY'RE WRONG!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Before* you jump in and ride positive attitude parade, &lt;br /&gt;you need to get red-hot, ***boiling*** MAD about the &lt;br /&gt;way things are RIGHT NOW... It's only when you GET &lt;br /&gt;MAD, get fed up and get really pissed off with the way &lt;br /&gt;things have been or the way things are now that you &lt;br /&gt;will take the ACTION necessary to change your current &lt;br /&gt;situation and make it into something better. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are creatures driven by two desires only:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) The desire to gain pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) The desire to avoid pain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the latter is stronger than the former. We are much &lt;br /&gt;more motivated to *avoid pain* than to gain pleasure. &lt;br /&gt;Yes, we are all driven by the carrot and the stick, but &lt;br /&gt;fear of the stick will get the average person moving a &lt;br /&gt;lot faster than a salad at the end of a hard days &lt;br /&gt;work... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do you *really* go to work every day? Is it because &lt;br /&gt;your pursuing your passion and some grandiose goals? I &lt;br /&gt;truly hope so! But most people get up and go to work &lt;br /&gt;because they FEAR losing their job and ending up &lt;br /&gt;homeless on the side of the streets begging for KFC &lt;br /&gt;leftovers to get them through the night... The desire &lt;br /&gt;to avoid this horrific pain is EXTREMELY motivational, &lt;br /&gt;isn't it?! USE IT!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't fight against the forces that govern your very &lt;br /&gt;existence... pleasure and pain. Use them wisely to your &lt;br /&gt;benefit. If you know that pain motivates you, MAKE &lt;br /&gt;YOURSELF FEEL PAIN so that you will TAKE ACTION and &lt;br /&gt;change your current circumstances. It's OK to use your &lt;br /&gt;imagination here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about what would happen if you got fired and &lt;br /&gt;couldn't find another job for the next 6 months... How &lt;br /&gt;freaked out would you get then? Feel that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about what would happen if you simply did nothing &lt;br /&gt;different for the rest of your life and continued to &lt;br /&gt;live the "status quo", do-what's-expected-of-you &lt;br /&gt;lifestyle that's got you this far, and left many of &lt;br /&gt;your most sacred dreams and ambitions on the table. How &lt;br /&gt;painful will it be to be on your deathbed knowing that &lt;br /&gt;you never even tried to do what your heart was telling &lt;br /&gt;you that you *really* wanted to do in this life? Feel &lt;br /&gt;that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about what not having enough time or money is NOT &lt;br /&gt;ALLOWING you to do that you really, really, really, &lt;br /&gt;really wish you could do (insert all the things that &lt;br /&gt;are important to you but seem out of reach right now &lt;br /&gt;here)... Feel that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THEN GET MAD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GET ANGRY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GET FRICKIN' PISSED OFF!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..... and then RIGHT NOW, before the feeling fades away &lt;br /&gt;or is numbed out of existence by your favorite &lt;br /&gt;television show or alcoholic beverage, MAKE A DECISION &lt;br /&gt;to change. That's all it takes. As soon as you decide &lt;br /&gt;that you've HAD ENOUGH with the mediocrity you've &lt;br /&gt;accepted up to this point, the world shifts on it's &lt;br /&gt;axis and will present you with new ways to think, new &lt;br /&gt;ways to act, new ways to LIVE. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Big doors swing on small hinges and the hinges that &lt;br /&gt;open the doors of opportunity are always the DECISIONS &lt;br /&gt;we make about what we will and what we won't settle &lt;br /&gt;for in our life. If you allow yourself to get MAD &lt;br /&gt;ENOUGH, the "settling point" for what you can and &lt;br /&gt;will receive in your life will be raised and you will &lt;br /&gt;experience a better future... a future more closely &lt;br /&gt;aligned with WHAT YOU WERE BORN TO DO here on Earth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So GET MAD, TAKE ACTION, and GET PREPARED to *be happy* &lt;br /&gt;as you start creating your life on your terms the way &lt;br /&gt;you always hoped it would be... and it can my friend - &lt;br /&gt;it really, truly can! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I *GOT MAD*, I decided to find better way to make &lt;br /&gt;my living contrary to what my parents and society at &lt;br /&gt;large told me was possible... I'm so glad I did &lt;br /&gt;because now I'm living my dream life and helping &lt;br /&gt;others live theirs. Read my story at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-14991"&gt;http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-14991&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To Your Happiness!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-14991"&gt;http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-14991&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="socialbookmarking"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/digg.png" alt="Digg" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/delicious.png" alt="Del.icio.us" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/reddit.gif" alt="Reddit" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;t=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/furl.gif" alt="Furl" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&amp;bkmk=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/google.png" alt="Google Bookmarks" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/stumbleupon.gif" alt="StumbleUpon" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://favorites.live.com/quickadd.aspx?marklet=1&amp;mkrt=en-us&amp;url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/live.gif" alt="Windows Live" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/technorati.png" alt="Technorati" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;t=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/yahoo-myweb.png" alt="Yahoo MyWeb" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/09/get-mad.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-7957957509234086432</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-09T11:57:50.813-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>to blog or ot to blog</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>weblog</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>blogging</category><title>To Blog or Not To Blog</title><description>Many people are getting into blogging for several reasons. You might have heard it somewhere recently but it actually started more than a decade ago from&lt;br /&gt;its mother, the online diary. Back then, these kinds of diaries are used by people to record and share accounts of their personal lives. Although blogging still uses that same concept, it has now evolved into several categories and usage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nowadays, blogging is synonymous to online marketing. Bloggers not only publish contents reflecting their moods for the day or sharing what they have done for&lt;br /&gt;the past few weeks but also advertise and create a sturdy communication with their audience. More so, through the use of blogging, people are now able to find an alternative in making money. Blogging is an excellent opportunity for generating income.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Blog&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before you even start to create you own blog. It is necessary to know what blog really is. The term blog is actually derived from the word Weblog or Web log.&lt;br /&gt;Back in the days, around the late 1990’s, these Web logs are utilized by users to track updates and references to other resources online. They served as journals, which made them useful as a publishing tool for the user’s stream of consciousness. Of course, the readers can still comment and share their thoughts on just abut anything under the sun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technically, blogs are also known as CMS or Content Management Systems. Being a CMS, blogs allow the writers to easily publish to a specific Web site and manage the content without the need of having to deal with the program code. Publishing software also provides users with a GUI or Graphical User Interface for easy pointing and clicking of their articles. Through the use of easy-to-do procedures, you can perform configuration and set up, which can ease your job as a blogger since the tool can automatically organize your published articles the next time you publish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Advantage of Blogging&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main question is; why should you start blogging? The first thing you need to know is that blogging can enhance and support your online communications. However, you must first understand the outcome of your blog that you desire in order to attain success. The main reason why you should start blogging, is that it can be both an excellent outlet for your frustrations or excitement and profitable at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It does not mean that if you are not into blogging, you should not blog. Being in a business, especially those with dealings on the Internet, requires you to establish a clientele that are actually interested with your services. Blogs can do this easily due to its accessibility and being an excellent medium for marketing that it is, blogs are essential for businesses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More so, if you are handling a business, there is good chance that your competition is blogging about their products and services. This is an easy method for you to examine the competition and what their clients’ preferences are. Additionally, blogs can create strong customer relationships since your target market can easily and directly communicate with the authority within your business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This kind of opportunity is hard to resist since a strong customer relationship can eventually lead to lasting trust to your product and services; hence, eventual increase in your revenue. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stats.trafficpayouts.com/z/96/CD26772/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/images/simple%20data%20entry.bmp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="socialbookmarking"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/digg.png" alt="Digg" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/delicious.png" alt="Del.icio.us" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/reddit.gif" alt="Reddit" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;t=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/furl.gif" alt="Furl" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&amp;bkmk=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/google.png" alt="Google Bookmarks" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/stumbleupon.gif" alt="StumbleUpon" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://favorites.live.com/quickadd.aspx?marklet=1&amp;mkrt=en-us&amp;url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/live.gif" alt="Windows Live" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/technorati.png" alt="Technorati" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;t=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/yahoo-myweb.png" alt="Yahoo MyWeb" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/09/to-blog-or-not-to-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-2564756440658446320</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-24T22:23:16.219-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>work at home affiliate business</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>affiliate marketing</category><title>Affiliate Marketing – Cost Effective and Efficient</title><description>The Internet has fast become an efficient and trusted way for companies to market and sell their product. One of the reasons for this has been the rise of “Affiliated Marketing” - which is when a website directs traffic to itself through adverts on other (usually related) websites. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affiliated marketing either pays the affiliate through a pay-per-click program (the affiliate receives money every time an advert is clicked) or a pay-per-sale program (the affiliate receives commission every time a posted advert on their site generates an actual sale or subscription.) Generally, the pay-per-sale program (also called cost-per-sale, or CPS) is the tried and trusted form of affiliate marketing used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affiliate marketing began just four years after the world wide web was launched, originally popularized by well known companies such as CDNOW or Amazon.com. Google’s Adsense is also a very well known type of affiliated marketing, but is not really considered as true affiliate marketing as the adverts usually centers around the theme of the website they are displayed (known more as contextual advertising.) Google does not also directly sell a specific product, but generates money in other ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affiliate marketing is highly cost-effective, and in effect costs both the advertiser and the affiliate nothing, while having the potential of bringing in a very large form of income for both parties. While pay per click (or cost-per-click) mentioned above can present a risk to the advertiser, the cost-per-sale (CPS) system has very little or no risk at all for both parties, and is therefore preferred.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mixx.com/" onclick="window.location='http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url='+window.location; return false;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/buttons/mixx-button1.png" alt="Add to Mixx!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="socialbookmarking"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/digg.png" alt="Digg" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/delicious.png" alt="Del.icio.us" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/reddit.gif" alt="Reddit" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;t=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/furl.gif" alt="Furl" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&amp;bkmk=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/google.png" alt="Google Bookmarks" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/stumbleupon.gif" alt="StumbleUpon" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://favorites.live.com/quickadd.aspx?marklet=1&amp;mkrt=en-us&amp;url=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;title=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/live.gif" alt="Windows Live" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/technorati.png" alt="Technorati" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/?p=134&amp;t=My Experience With Cellular Anti Aging Tonic"&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/myshakleeblog/wp-content/themes/greyeen/images/socialbookmarkingicons/yahoo-myweb.png" alt="Yahoo MyWeb" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/09/affiliate-marketing-cost-effective-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-8962301828102938188</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-05T13:37:59.432-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>work at home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>business opportunity</category><title>Legitimate Business Opportunity is a Work at Home Gold Mine</title><description>By Diana Rickett&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mining for gold is a matter of getting out there and looking for those nuggets in the stream or mountain side. Working on line is a matter of advertising and working with your down line. With time this will bring you the fortune of monies you have been searching for on line. Determination and hard work with an amount of time will eventually bring you success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rotators are simply a great tool to help your down line. Put them in a rotator with you, a simple way for you to help them in their promotion. Programs that have 1-ups, you are helping yourself because when they get their first person then you will get the money that is coming up. You can help the others make money and then they will stay with you because they know the work at home program is working.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They even have rotators for your banners in the bannerkeyring site this is fabulous you can put in 5 banner urls ihto one keyring. Free allows you to have three keyrings so you can list three and have 15 sites rotating through.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Always pass on the tools that will help your down line because you are helping yourself get them trained so they can pass them on to their people. Marketing smarter is easy to do when you are unselfish in working with your team in your business opportunity. Give your team a helping hand and you will not regret it in the least because you will see the fruits of your labor come full circle. Working with several people just lightens the load for everyone, thus giving life and vigor to your group..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© Diana Rickett (Lady Di) &lt;br /&gt;D &amp; G Home Business Partners&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://businessonastring.com"&gt;http://businessonastring.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Article Source: &lt;a href="http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Diana_Rickett"&gt;http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Diana_Rickett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=URL&amp;t=TITLE&amp;tags=TAG1 TAG2" title="Add this Article to Onlywire" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" align="absmiddle" border="0" /&gt; Add to Onlywire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mixx.com/" onclick="window.location='http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url='+window.location; return false;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/buttons/mixx-button1.png" alt="Add to Mixx!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/09/legitimate-business-opportunity-is-work.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-7752164340063697105</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-26T12:45:52.391-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>succeed in your home business</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>believe in success</category><title>To Succeed in Your Home Business, You Must BELIEVE!</title><description>Here is a motivational reading a woman shared on a call I was on last night for my &lt;a href="http://www.shaklee.ca/taram"&gt;Shaklee&lt;/a&gt; business. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To Succeed in Your Home Business, You Must BELIEVE!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All kinds of people make the decision to work from home, and it is&lt;br /&gt;possible to be successful no matter where you come from or what stage of life you are in at the time. Whether you come from wealth or poverty, whether you're educated or not, whether you're young or old…you can find a business that is right for you, and you can be successful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However...*in order to be successful, you must believe!*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believe in yourself and believe that you can succeed in your business. If you begin your journey into working at home with doubt, your work is surely doomed. On the other hand, if you believe that you are doing it for the right reasons and that you have what it takes to succeed…then indeed, you will!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell yourself this, and repeat it often:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•I believe in myself.&lt;br /&gt;•I am a successful work-at-home business owner!&lt;br /&gt;•I believe that my work is significant for my family, myself, and others.&lt;br /&gt;•I can and will succeed in my business.&lt;br /&gt;•I will not quit.&lt;br /&gt;•I have what it takes.&lt;br /&gt;•I believe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Live into the knowledge that you are what you want to become, and you will get there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=URL&amp;t=TITLE&amp;tags=TAG1 TAG2" title="Add this Article to Onlywire" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" align="absmiddle" border="0" /&gt; Add to Onlywire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mixx.com/" onclick="window.location='http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url='+window.location; return false;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/buttons/mixx-button1.png" alt="Add to Mixx!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/08/to-succeed-in-your-home-business-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-4626006332872660228</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-23T09:22:41.033-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>PIPS Power Book</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>PIPS Power Group</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Plug in Profit Site</category><title>The PIPS Power Book</title><description>&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmartindale.com/splashpage.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tmartindale.com/images/PPG.jpg" align="left"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This FREE e-book is available to those who would like to or have already signed up to become a PIPS member. PIPS stand for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com/pips.html"&gt;Plug-In Profit Site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and it was created by Stone Evans. He provides a website on your own domain, an auto responder filled with a 400 day series of emails and the opportunity to earn income from several programs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only requirement is the &lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com/Host4Profit.html"&gt;hosting&lt;/a&gt; fee which is $24.95 per month. I recommend upgrading the auto responder in order to get the email series. The cost for this business is anywhere from $24.95-$100 per month. Where can you have your own business for a cost so low? Not may places if any at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now that you have decided to become a business owner and signed up for a PIPS business you want to learn everything you can about internet marketing. You want to do it in the least expensive and quickest way possible. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is where &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pipspowergroup.com"&gt;The PIPS Power Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com/splashpage2.html"&gt;PIPS Power Book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; come into play. The PPG is comprised of 6 of the top earners in PIPS who guide and mentor PIPS members so they can become successful in their business without making the mistakes that are commonly made when just starting out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They will help you with technical website issues, selecting tools for promoting your business, and most importantly, let you know what is a waste of time or money. It will help save you time, money and frustration when you first start building your business, when you most susceptible to become overwhelmed and want to quit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The money will not start rolling in over night and if you go into this business knowing that, you more likely stick to it and succeed. When you are a member of the &lt;strong&gt;PPG&lt;/strong&gt; they will show you the way to success and motivate you to keep plugging on and stick to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you invest in a membership to the &lt;a href="http://www.pipspowergroup.com"&gt;PPG&lt;/a&gt;, you will save a lot of money spend on gimmicky ways to get people to join your business or buy your products. The way you will learn to build your business are techniques that will bring you long term traffic and sales. Every cent spent on the PPG is worth it and you will find that out once you join.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Become a Shaklee Independent Distributor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=URL&amp;t=TITLE&amp;tags=TAG1 TAG2" title="Add this Article to Onlywire" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" align="absmiddle" border="0" /&gt; Add to Onlywire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mixx.com/" onclick="window.location='http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url='+window.location; return false;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/buttons/mixx-button1.png" alt="Add to Mixx!" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/08/pips-power-book.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-880659098526968859</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-12T00:27:05.314-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>business blog</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>the power of the blog</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>blogging</category><title>The Power of the Blog</title><description>Blogging is more and more popular every day. Blogs about business, sports, children, health and nutrition, you name it and there is a blog about it. Blogs are so popular because they are easy to start, free and the search engines love them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have had an awesome experience lately with a new blog I started at the end of July. As I’m writing this, it is about 11 days old and my posts are being indexed by Google within an hour or so. I was shocked to check my stats and find searches on the post I had just made. It shows the power of blogging, especially when using it for your business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blogging is a great way to get the word out about your business or products. Some people use only a blog for their business and bring in an extra or full time income without the expensive cost of a professionally made website. You also have the option of making more than one blog. If you have products in different niches you can make separate blogs for them, therefore, keeping the keywords specific to that product.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blogging is so versatile and it can even be fun. You can add pictures or videos to make it even more interesting. There is a place to tell your readers more about yourself and post a picture so they can put a face to the name. You can list some favourite link to sites that you think may be useful to your readers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can also place Adsense on your site to earn a little more money. These are Google ads that can be customized to fit your site so they blend in. If someone clicks on the ad you earn some money. There are so many things you can do to monetize a blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Submit your blog to blog directories for more exposure. When posting do not forget to ping each time so the social sites will know you made a new post and the search engines will pick it up also. Add useful, keyword rich articles to get good ranking. The search engines like fresh, unique content, so keep that in mind when making a blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most important thing to remember is to have fun. If you enjoy posting to your blog your readers will see that and keep coming back for more. Make it more personal so that readers will get a true sense of who you are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://taram.ws"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com/images/pips3.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.tmartindale.com/images/pips3.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=URL&amp;t=TITLE&amp;tags=TAG1 TAG2" title="Add this Article to Onlywire" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" align="absmiddle" border="0" /&gt; Add to Onlywire&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/08/power-of-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-7469880842081686773</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-04T16:24:45.407-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>advertising on the internet</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>advertising methods</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>besst advertising methods</category><title>Best Advertising Methods on the Internet</title><description>There are various advertising methods one can use to promote their business website on the internet, but it can also be tough to get your site in front of all the other sites offering similar products or services. Using the internet can get your product out to millions of people but without proper marketing there is no sense. Your site will just site there in cyberspace with no visitors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When a person wants to promote their website on the internet they may wonder how it is possible to get people to see their site when there are billions of other sites to look at. It may be a difficult task but it definitely is possible. It takes some work and some time to get the traffic you want  but it can happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we have a business and we use the internet to promote it we should also promote ourselves. People will get to know you, the website owner/operator, as a person and not just another website trying to sell something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whenever possible, have a picture of yourself on you websites and blogs. This will give your potential customers a chance to put a face to the name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Post in forums that are related to your industry and provide quality advice and information. This is also an excellent place to have a picture of yourself so everyone knows who they are talking to or reading advice from. Forums are a great place to learn for yourself also. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Writing and submitting articles is always a great way to get your name out there and in good standing with potential customers. Provide unique valuable information and your readers will wait for more. In your profile with the article directory you can post a little biography and sometimes a picture so people will know you better. Make sure to include the link to your website in your resource at the end of each article.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blogging is a more personal way to get the word out about your business. You can include personal stories or just write in your own way that is more personal and not as formal as an article should be. With your picture on your blog, visitors will be seeing your face everywhere they turn.  Blogs are something that people will bookmark and come back to visit if they really like what you have to say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social marketing is another way to promote your business and become recognized with using a picture. You submit sites that you like and, in turn, others will submit your site or articles to the social book marketing sites. At fist it can seem a little overwhelming but in time it becomes easy and fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are other ways to promote your website and some people have better luck with one method over another. We all have to find the methods we enjoy and work for us and then it will not seem so much like work, but more of a fun hobby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com/gogreen.html"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=URL&amp;t=TITLE&amp;tags=TAG1 TAG2" title="Add this Article to Onlywire" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" align="absmiddle" border="0" /&gt; Add to Onlywire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dataentrymadeeasy.com/coupon/24138_13_1_59"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.trafficpayouts.com/stats/banners/dataentry-234x60.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/08/best-advertising-methods-on-internet.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-8654630796606954140</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-28T11:46:11.381-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>work at home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>work at home business</category><title>Take a Break from Your Work at Home Business</title><description>Recently I have heard some conversation about taking a break from all things business. We may not realize that, because we work at home, we still need a break every once in a while. Even if it is just a day or two, it may help you to come back with a fresher mind and ready to tackle all the things that are required for your business to become successful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know for myself, I think that I don’t need a break because I’m all day and just pop off and on the computer when I have time. If anything, I think that may cause more harm than good because there is not a solid schedule. I know I need to work on that but sometimes it is just impossible with all the kids home. Four kids to be exact! Hopefully in the fall things can be scheduled more efficiently. Right now I just do what I ca, when I can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people might feel guilty taking some time off, but there is nothing to feel bad about. People working at home need to recharge their batteries just as much as someone working outside the home. It keeps the mind clear and fresh and will help with new ideas for your work at home business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a recent forum discussion a woman took a week off to de-clutter her home and came back with fresh ideas and a new sense of drive for her business. If we all don’t have time to take a whole week off, then even a day or two would be beneficial. The key is to not do anything business related though. Try to not even turn on the computer if that is the type of work at home business you are involved in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do things that are fun with your family and also take some time to do things by yourself. Just relaxing with a book can be enough for some people. Get your mind on something other than business. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, with that said, go do something fun and try not to think about your work at home business too much. Oh and thanks to Ros for inspiring this post!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com/gogreen.html"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mb01.com/lnk.asp?o=1622&amp;c=23949&amp;a=25643"&gt;&lt;IMG SRC="http://www.mb01.com/getimage.asp?m=17&amp;o=1622&amp;i=23949.dat" width=120 height=90 border=0&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=URL&amp;t=TITLE&amp;tags=TAG1 TAG2" title="Add this Article to Onlywire" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" align="absmiddle" border="0" /&gt; Add to Onlywire&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/07/take-break-from-your-work-at-home.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-8618484592236533785</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-25T18:35:32.526-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>makeing money at home using the internet</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>make money at home</category><title>Making Money at Home Using the Internet - Scam or Not?</title><description>When I first started my journey to starting an online business I only did it once I saw that a family member was making money. I have been on the internet for 10 years and always ran across the banners and ads about making money at home, but just shrugged it off as a scam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was always interested though, so the nagging feeling of wanting to make money at home using my computer was always under the surface. I just didn't want to put money into it and then lose it because it was not legitimate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since there are some scams out there, it really ruins it for the legitimate opportunities. Some scams consist of the people at the top of the "pyramid" to be paid a large amount of money and then the ones at the bottom get a very small amount if any at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't even like to talk about the scams. It's usually easy to spot them. The ones that claim you'll be rich over night is probably not something to get into. The companies that have been around for a while and have a good reputation are the ones to focus on. We should know people are earning money otherwise they wouldn't be around, would they? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People need to be aware that there really are some great opportunities for making money at home. Do the research and find the companies with a good reputation, products that people can use, and have been around for a while. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are interested in certain products, see if the company has an affiliate program to join so you can earn some money promoting them. Nothings better than promoting the products that you know, use and love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selling products for these companies is not like it was years ago when you had to stock the product and ship it yourself. Most of the time the stocking and shipping of the products is done by the company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that I have earned some money on the internet and associate with lots of people who also earn money, I’m more determined than ever to get my business booming and make a very profitable income to make a better life for my family. I can also hand down my business to my children when they are older. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even if it takes 3-5 years to make a huge financial difference in our lives, it will be well worth it, because it is mine and only mine. I can go as slow or as fast as I like and do it on my own terms. That is the best part of making money at home using the internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com/gogreen.html"&gt;Start Your Own Shaklee Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dataentrymadeeasy.com/coupon/24138_13_1_59"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.trafficpayouts.com/stats/banners/dataentry-234x60.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=URL&amp;t=TITLE&amp;tags=TAG1 TAG2" title="Add this Article to Onlywire" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" align="absmiddle" border="0" /&gt; Add to Onlywire&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/07/making-money-at-home-using-internet.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-1374669047895611412</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-23T13:43:22.184-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>mistakes in home business</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>work at home business</category><title>11 Biggest Mistakes People Make In Home Business</title><description>There are numerous mistakes that people make after getting into a home based business. This is usually the cause for failure so I would like to go through some of the most common mistakes people make.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. Not treating this as a real business:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Because the cost is minimal, people don’t take it seriously. This is a real business with the potential to become extremely profitable. When you don’t invest much in your business, in the back of your mind you are thinking that you won’t have that much to loose should it not work out. This is a major cause for failure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Not getting the right training:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;You need to get specific specialized training in your particular field. You wouldn’t want a doctor operating on you if they haven’t been properly trained. You wouldn’t want a teacher trying to teach you if they haven’t been trained. You wouldn’t want a Golf Pro trying to teach you to play golf if they haven’t had any specialized training. A home based business is no different. You need specific specialized training in order to be successful. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Not building relationships:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many people who prefer just making money off of other people. They don’t care about what is best for you. People join people these days because they want to know that they can rely on their sponsor to be there for them, that they care about them. If you have built a relationship first and down the road you choose to join another opportunity, they will follow you. Why? Because you became friends first and built a relationship. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Not following a proven system:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are always trying to come up with better ways to do things instead of following an already simple proven system, you will definitely fail. You have to understand the power of duplication. Quit trying to reinvent the wheel. That which is complicated hinders growth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. Not being your own best customer:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;When you believe in your product, you will be unstoppable. If you use your product regularly, you will be able to share your own experience with your prospects and be your best customer. Create your own story with your own product.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;6. Not telling stories:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The truth is that facts tell and stories sell. Not giving testimonials at all is a big mistake. Don’t answer product questions and compensation plan questions with facts. Give stories and tell results from others that have used it. An average marketer sells features, a good marketer sells benefits but a great marketer sells results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;7. Not spending enough time prospecting:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;You need to spend 80% of your time on prospecting, 19% of your time on training and the remaining 1% of your time on problem solving. Do not get yourself in lead deficit disorder. Get with some lead advertising campaigns if necessary. Stop thinking about it and start doing it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;8. Not following up:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Most people don’t follow up because they are afraid of rejection. The fortune is in the follow up. A call says that you care who this person is. If you have built a relationship with them, they may be ready to sign up in another three weeks but wouldn’t have if you hadn’t followed up. Circumstances change, things happen, whatever the reason the prospect gave you at the time you last spoke, may not be the case when you follow up. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;.9. Not asking for the order:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Don’t be afraid to ask for the order. Always use a closing script, ask six simple questions, ask for the order and then be quiet. The prospect will end up closing themselves. If you have opened the line of communication, the prospect will make up their own mind and do what they really want to do. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;10. Buying excuses:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Excuses are just well planned lies. I’m too young, I’m too old, my friends would laugh at me, it’s too expensive, I don’t know if this if going to work, I don’t have enough money, I don’t have enough time, I can’t do this, etc. If you have excuses, so does your prospect. Let’s face it, if you want something bad enough there aren’t enough excuses in the world to stop you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;11. Not reinvesting back into their business:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Every business requires reinvesting. You have to reinvest back into yourself, your skills, your lead generation campaign, your advertising, etc. You have to reinvest in order to make more money. It’s crucial in order to be successful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t let any of these mistakes hinder your chances of reaching your goals. Stay on the right path and I will see you at the top.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By: Adrienne Smith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne Smith is an internet marketing consultant and work at home business owner. To read more about her online business opportunity, please visit &lt;a href="http://www.grnexperience.com"&gt;Experience Success with GRN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=URL&amp;t=TITLE&amp;tags=TAG1 TAG2" title="Add this Article to Onlywire" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" align="absmiddle" border="0" /&gt; Add to Onlywire&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/07/11-biggest-mistakes-people-make-in-home.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-5051188764106717704</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-23T13:44:45.772-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>affiliate programs</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>work at home business</category><title>Finding the Right Affiliate Program on the Internet</title><description>If you are thinking about becoming an affiliate for a company how do you know if it is the right one that suits you? You need to pick the right one or you will not do well in your promotions. The reason is that you may not feel as passionate about it, especially if you do not use or like the actual products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about the things that interest you and do some research on the companies that provide the products. It is easier to promote if you have tried the products and have experience with them. Sometimes a testimonial from actual customers or users can make a difference with making that sale. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The company must be reputable and have a proven record for producing quality products that people want to buy. They should have a compensation plan that is fairly easy to understand and have the potential to be profitable. Why waste your time on a program if the compensation plan is too difficult to understand and requires way too much to make any money?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See what others say about a particular program. There are some sites that report on scams or programs that are not profitable enough to waste your time. There are also times when you will run in to some that thinks a program is a scam and others who report being successful with it. It is a combination of company reputation and what people are saying. Sometimes we can determine if a person just did not give it enough time or was serious about the business in the first place. If the company is good and people report positively, then it should be legitimate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are not sure about the products a company offers it may be worth it to try some of them first. If they work for you or you enjoy using them, it will be a lot easier to promote that company. If you do not like it, move on to the next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may be wondering what an affiliate is. An affiliate is basically an advertiser or marketer for a company. If you advertise their products you will earn a percentage of the earning from each sale and on sales from the affiliate you bring in personally. This creates income from different levels and is also a residual income stream. This means that you will earn money from doing the job once. You bring in an affiliate, that was your job, now when they sell or bring in affiliates you earn from that. That requires no work on your part, just the initial recruiting of that person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people are very scared of this type of business. There are scams, therefore people may associate all programs with all the scams. Think about a brick and mortar business. When you own a business you must pay people to do some of the work right? Whether it is paperwork, advertising, doing dishes, whatever, they are getting paid to do these things for you. Would you call it a scam? Of course not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think maybe people are scared of &lt;strong&gt;affiliate programs on the internet&lt;/strong&gt; because they cannot see the people they are providing their services to. They do not go into an office everyday and have a particular job to do. They can work at their own speed in the comfort of their home. Once they realize that not all programs are scams, they may rethink ways to bring an income into the home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best &lt;strong&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/strong&gt; so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=URL&amp;t=TITLE&amp;tags=TAG1 TAG2" title="Add this Article to Onlywire" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" align="absmiddle" border="0" /&gt; Add to Onlywire&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/07/finding-right-affiliate-program-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-1330128449610623682</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-07T20:53:58.547-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>ways to grow your business</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>affiliate business</category><title>4 Ways to Grow Your Affiliate Business</title><description>By: Jeff Casmer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's no secret that if a merchant wants to grow their business they set up an affiliate program, but what about the affiliates? If affiliate marketing is your first business how do you plant the seeds of growth? How do you increase your commissions? And how you do it without working twice as hard? Below are four ways you can grow you affiliate business. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.Multilevel programs&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Always consider multilevel programs as opposed to programs where you are a lone warrior. Multilevel marketing allows you to gain your own affiliates. When someone joins the program under your link and then makes a sale you get a commission on that sale. This provides you with a way to increase your revenue without having to work as hard. True, you will have to work to recruit the affiliates but a good pitch can do that, and once you have them you'll have your own army in the battlefield and you won't be lone solider. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.Ad persuasion&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will need to promote this has already been established after all, you're a marketer. But you want to avoid hard selling, or even advertising at all. This can be done by "socializing" in chat rooms, forums, blogs, and social networks like myspace or facebook. These networks are not for advertising but rather, to connect with people in your niche, those who offer products that you can sell and those looking for products that you sell. It's all about communicating; once you've established yourself it's easier to persuade people to buy your products. You'll already be a trusted member of the community. The best part is social networking is hardly work. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.Get published&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Free ebooks are not only a great resource for customers; they're also a great way for you to enhance your sales. Write an ebook related to your niche about something that you know. The trick is to demonstrate your knowledge, setting yourself as an expert in your field. In your e-book, include links to your affiliate programs that relate to your book. Let your readers know that the links are an extension of your book, a way for them to expand their knowledge and gain more help on the topic you've written about. By allowing your reader to pass on the e-book you increase your exposure and your sales. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.Become a video star&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don't have to go Hollywood to do this. Simply create a video about one of your affiliate programs. Avoid selling the product or sounding like an advertisement. Instead, teach your viewer something that you learned in the book. For example, if you are promoting a book about advertising tips you can share one of the tips and then tell your viewer that they can learn more by buying your product. There are many places you can host your video, youtube, myspace, even ebay. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are just a few examples you can use to help create greater commissions for yourself. As an affiliate marketer you'll need to be creative if you are serious about growing your business. Each day you are faced with more competition and more wary customers. Stay on top of what other affiliates are doing and you'll soon find yourself growing your business. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeff Casmer is the owner/operator of &lt;a href="http://www.24hourwealth.com"&gt;24hourwealth.com&lt;/a&gt;. He is a successful internet marketer who is always there to help others with their business as a mentor at the &lt;a href="http://www.pipspowergroup.com"&gt;PIPS Power Group&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/07/4-ways-to-grow-your-affiliate-business.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-6740151500900740781</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-15T13:34:47.042-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>go green with shaklee</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>go green</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>shaklee</category><title>Shaklee</title><description>Today I feel the need to write about an awesome company that has been in business for over 50 years. This company stands behind all their products with a money back guarantee and have had their products featured on shows like Oprah, Good Morning America, Rachael Ray, Today and several others!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That company is called &lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com/gogreen.html"&gt;Shaklee&lt;/a&gt;! Shaklee's products are no joke. I just started using their products at the end of February and wonder why I didn't start sooner. You see, my sister has been using Shaklee for over 2 years but I didn't think the products would be any good, even when my sister would tell me what they have been doing for her and her family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have not used all their products yet but I plan on trying everything at one time or another. So far I use the cleaning products, Nutriferon, Stress Relief Complex, Vitamins, Children's vitamins, parfume and skin care line. I just ordered Cinch to try and lose a few inches, so we'll see how that goes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm telling you from the bottom of my heart, these products really do work. I'll give a little testimonial about a couple things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nutriferon: This is my favourite. I take one a day (recommend 2) and since I've been using it, at the beginning of March, I have not been sick. Twice one or two of my chilren and husband had come down with colds. I doubled up the morning I felt a sore throat coming on. After that, I didn't get anything, not even a sniffle! Then when I was in Toronto, when my dad was in the hospital, my sister and mom came down with a wicked cold. I woke up feeling like I was going to get it full blown. Guess what....nothing after that! I am still amazed!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lets talk about Scour Off. This is a cleaning paste that smells like bubble gum. It is used for ovens, soap scum or anything that is hard to get clean. I used it on the range hood above my stove. I burn candles and I had a black soot-like residue that would not come off. I didn't want to use an SOS or scrubber because I didn't want to scratch it. I got my Get Clean order and tried the Scour Off on it! It came off without even trying!! I have pictures to prove it lol! Amazing! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Basic H2 is great for everything from wood to glass to bathrooms. It's super concentrated so you only need a small amount. Get this, one bottle of Basic H2 will make 5000 bottles of window cleaner! You only need 2 drops in a bottle of 16oz of water!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only way to know how these products work is to try them, you won't regret it. Get a hold of me if you want to try these products at gogreen@taram.ws&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take care!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com/gogreen.html"&gt;Go Green With Shaklee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=http://www.tmartindale.com/blog/2008/06/shaklee.html&amp;t=Shaklee-Tara's Home Business Blog&amp;tags=shaklee go green with shaklee" title="Add this Article to Onlywire" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" align="absmiddle" border="0" /&gt; Add to Onlywire&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/06/shaklee.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-7331655026907510806</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-12T21:59:37.406-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>staying motivated when you work at home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>working at home</category><title>Staying Motivated When You Work At Home</title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Working at home&lt;/strong&gt; is a dream that many people have and some are even able to pursue it successfully. When a person works for someone else outside the house they usually have a list of tasks to be completed for that day. If they do not have a list then they have some kind of schedule they need to follow so everything that needs to be done gets done on time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting the necessary tasks done in a day can be a difficult accomplishment if a person runs a business from their home. They do not have a boss looking over their shoulder to make sure things are on schedule, therefore they may become slack in their business. Having someone else tell you what to do may be easier for some people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you do run a business from your home, some things that can be done to stay motivated can range from making a simple to do list to getting a family member or friend to check up on you from time to time. It is easier to stay on track if distraction are not present to keep you from doing your work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Making a to do list at the beginning of each day or month or even at the end of each day can help to keep you organized and on schedule during your work time. As each task is completed, crossing them off and moving on is motivating because you can actually see your progress. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Putting a bulletin board in your work space may also help keep you motivated. Keep the board full of motivating pictures, quotes and dreams. Figure out why you are working from home and make a collage that represents your reasons for &lt;strong&gt;working at home&lt;/strong&gt;. It may be a picture of a new house or a quote from your favourite person. How about pictures of your children if you have them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes just thinking about what your goals are and writing them on a piece of paper can be enough to keep your motivation up. Financial freedom, independence or children can be powerful motivators to keep you on track and help you to push your business to success.    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your family members may also want to help you to stay motivated. They might remind you that when it is business hours you need to keep working until the tasks are done, no wandering or long breaks. Even a quick phone call to check up may get you back on track.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep all distracting items out of your work space until you have enough discipline to stay away from them while working. A television, stereo, games or whatever it is that distract you should stay off so you do not forget why you are there. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you decide to make a schedule that requires you to work from eight to eleven am, with a list of tasks, it is easier to buckle down and get everything done than if you just winged it from hour to hour without knowing exactly what it is that you need to finish. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/06/staying-motivated-when-you-work-at-home.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748907.post-7286189715303427726</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-11T09:05:01.421-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>work at home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>staying focused while working at home</category><title>Staying Focused While Working at Home</title><description>When staying at home to work it can be very easy to become distracted. If there are others in the house or things need to get done around the house the mind can start to wander and forget about the task at hand. Also if you are working your business on a computer surfing onto other sites and checking email may become distracting to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some things you can do to avoid this might be to have a list ready at the beginning of each work day of all the things you would like to accomplish. When these tasks are finished you can cross them off the list and have a visual reminder of how the day is going and what is being accomplished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check your email once in the morning then make sure it is off while you are working. It is so easy to keep clicking over to check your email when it is sitting open on your desktop, especially if you have audible or visual notifications when an email arrives. Check it two or three times a day so it does not get in the way of business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kids running around can be the ultimate distraction. They are usually the reason one stays home to work but it can also be very difficult to get things done, especially if they are young and require a lot of care. One way around this is to work when they are sleeping or when the other parent can entertain them for a while. Taking a couple hours a day to get some real work done should not be too difficult once you work out a schedule around the children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surfing the internet or the television can be a big distraction also. It is so easy to stumble upon a website that looks interesting and keeps you occupied for a half an hour before you even realize you stopped working. Make sure you know exactly what sites you need to be on while working and do not wander anywhere else until the task at hand is complete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically, the solution for not losing focus in your work at home business is to find a quiet room to be alone, turn off the television, have your to do list handy and keep the email turned off until all the work is completed. Sending the kids off with a loved one, if you absolutely need to, could also be something to consider. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If any of these things are preventing you from building your business, it is time to step back and figure out what needs to change. Once you set up a schedule and follow it things will move along smoothly day after day. That does not mean you cannot take a day off though, to do the things you want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a matter of fact, a day off here and there is essential to keep your mind focused, especially in the early days of building your home business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;To find the best Work at Home Business Opportunities so you can stay at home visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmartindale.com" target="_blank"&gt;Work at Home Business Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://tmartindale.com/blog/2008/06/staying-focused-while-working-at-home.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tara Martindale)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item></channel></rss>