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Copyright 2004 Patric Chan

I’m writing this article because I thought you
might want to know my formula for success
for my online business.

This sounds very simple and yet, it might
change your whole mindset. It applies when
you are building your own online business.

Throughout my journey to achieve success,
I’ve encountered many people who struggled
to achieve success online. Most of them ask
me questions like, ‘how to achieve success’.

Or questions like, ‘how to make more money
from the internet’.

What’s the formula to achieve online success?

Ok, read on and I’ll reveal it.

The formula is simple. When you are working,
you must have in mind that ultimately what
you want to achieve from your online business
is this:

Work less, earn more.

But first, you must understand this formula
in order to achieve that.

Here’s the formula:

Assuming you are working 8 hours a day,
and you are getting X result (X can be any
amount of money you are getting now.)

Where most people failed to achieve
success is, they try to earn X + Y (Y can
be any amount of extra money you want
to get) without finding a way to work
less first. In another words, finding a way
to work less while still getting X result.

In order for you to get Y result, you should
find ways to work less than 8 hours first and
still be getting X result. Let’s say 6 hours.

Once you able to achieve that, only then can
you consider how to find ways to get Y result.

In a nutshell,

First step:

Work 8 hours (or whatever your existing working
hours are) and get X result.

Second step:

Find ways to work 6 hours and still get
X result.

Third step:

Work 8 hours again but get X + Y results.

Once you achieve this, your next step is to find
ways on how to achieve X + Y results by working
only 6 hours instead of 8 hours. Once you find
that, only than you can think about getting
Z result (Z can be any amount of extra money
you want to have).

So, repeat the whole process:

First step:

Work 8 hours get X + Y results.

Second step:

Find ways to work 6 hours and still get
X + Y results.

Third step:

Work 8 hours again but get X + Y + Z results.

Keep on repeating this process until you get
the maximum results you can get (this can be
A+B+C+X+Y+Z).

At some stage, you’ll probably reach the optimum
of getting the results and you can hardly earn more
by working 8 hours a day.

Once you achieve this, congratulations.

Now, what you need to do is to find ways
to WORK LESS but still get the same results.

So at the end, you’ll be able to WORK LESS
And EARN MORE.

People fail to achieve online success because
they don’t know or understand this simple
formula and practice it!

This formula stressed managing your fundamentals
before engaging yourself to earn more. People failed
to achieve more results because they try to earn
more without learning how to maintain and work
less first. So, they’ll end up working more hours
each day.

That’s why, you can see many people becoming
more stressed when their business increases.

I’ve been practicing this formula. Each day when
I work, I’ll look into my existing business and
find ways to reduce the work. Once I got that,
only then I’ll think on how to make more money.

So, each month, I’m making more money
but working less or putting the same amount
of time invested. This is how you can achieve
success without getting more stress in life.

What you should be doing now is go look at your
job or business and apply this formula if
you want to achieve success in the long term.

Your friend,

Warmest regards,

Patric ‘High-Speed Marketing’ Chan
Chief Marketing Strategist

About the author:
Patric works with world class internet marketing
gurus to build successful online businesses. Discover
more insider secrets and the exact proven strategies to
make money online:
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He’s also the author of
‘How To Make More Mo-ney Easily’:
http://www.MakeMoreMoneyLessons.com

by: Diane Hughes

Copyright 2005 Diane Hughes

It’s a crying shame really. So many people have tried to follow the Internet dream. They’ve heard the stories of others who quit their day jobs, wake up whenever they choose, take leisurely lunches with friends, shop for hours on end without one worry about how to pay for their purchases, buy new cars and pay cash for them, and make money hand over fist while they sleep. Naturally, these people would drool over the thought of being able to do the same for themselves.

However, as the landslide of people all across the globe began to flock to the ‘Net much like they did to California in the gold-rush days, they find that making money while you sleep might be a myth. They wonder if they’ve just been led astray by wicked, evil people with nothing better to do than make fools out of innocent, hardworking folks.

What is the answer? Can you make money online? CAN you make money while you sleep? I don’t mean an extra $200 a month to pay for groceries, but a real living. If so, how do you go about it?

It’s True! I’m Doing It Myself!

First of all, it’s not a myth. I can honestly tell you that I am making a full-time living online. And yes, there have been many mornings where I’ve awakened, turned on my computer, and found notifications of sales that occurred during the night. I AM making money while I sleep, and you can, too.

Let me tell you what I think probably happened to generate this long-standing myth.

The early Internet pioneers discovered ways to make automated income. They realized this was a wonderful thing and began to spread the news to everyone they knew. Then, however, those unscrupulous types (you know… the jerks) saw this as an easy way to make a fast buck. They began preaching that making automated income online was as easy as pouring yourself a glass of water. In essence, they told half the story. As more and more people tried to make a living online and failed, the promise of making money while you sleep became fiction instead of fact.

So How Do You Do It?

What’s the real truth? How can you make a full-time living online just like me? There are several ways. Let me give you the unvarnished gospel when it comes to online business. You may not like what you hear, but it is fact, not fluff.

ACTION STEP 1
Plan, Plan, Plan - It won’t happen overnight. Nothing good ever does. In the beginning, you’re going to create a plan then be ready to work that plan. You often hear about throwing up a website and making money while you sleep. Technically, yes, that’s all there is to it. But… how does that site get up on the ‘Net?

You have to create your site or have someone else create it. That means you have to take the time to learn professional website development (PLEASE, don’t create some junky, homemade-looking site!), or you have to pay someone who already knows how to create websites. And what will you have on your site? Your own products? (Having your own e-products is highly recommended.) Someone else’s products? You’ll need to decide before your site is created.

How will people pay for the products they buy from your site? Do you have a merchant account? Will you become an affiliate for someone else so you don’t need a payment system?

Will you go for high search engine rankings or rely on word-of-mouth, PPC ads, and other types of paid advertising? If you want good search engine optimization, you’ll have to plan for that upfront. Again, you’ll have to take time to learn how to do it or pay someone else who already knows how.

Before you take one more step toward launching your own Web business, find the answers to the questions above.

ACTION STEP 2
Be Ready to Work - Once your site is ready to launch, how will people find you? How, exactly, will you drive qualified visitors to your site? Will you use organic (free) search engine listings? Will you use Pay-Per-Click search engine ads? Will you buy ezine ads? Do you have other means for getting customers to visit your site? People won’t just come out of the blue, you’ll have to bring them to your site somehow.

Even if you choose to go for the organic search engine listings, you’ll have about a 4-week to 4-month wait before seeing your new site listed. What will you do in the meantime to drum up business?

ACTION STEP 3
How Will You Keep It Going? - Prosperous businesses are continually growing to keep up with customer demands. How will you keep your online business moving forward? Will you do research into what consumers want? Will you guess? Will you just follow the crowd?

You’ll want to have some method for gauging customer responses so you can know what your site visitors want and how to provide it for them.

One such way is to use Survey Monkey (http://www.surveymonkey.com). You can create online surveys in order to keep up with the needs/wants of your site visitors.

ACTION STEP 4
Service Is Key! - In order to make it in the long run, you simply must provide exceptional customer service to your clients. Those who lie, steal, cheat, or hide are destined to fail.

Understand this: Your success depends on your customers’ success. If they aren’t happy, you won’t be in business long. Make every effort to treat them as the kings and queens they are.

See? The people who turned the “make money while you sleep” fact into fiction did so because they skipped all the important information. Now that you know what to expect, you can see that it is most definitely possible to make a full-time living online. It is even possible to make money while you sleep. However, you must have a plan, be ready to work, look for ways to keep your business growing, and treat your customers as true V.I.P.s.

When you do, you’ll have all the tools you need to develop a long-standing business that - with time - will produce for you.

About the author:
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Why did you start your own network marketing internet business?
Most people immediately respond, “for the money!” However, this
is not the real reason.

No one subjects them to the hard work of building a business
just for little pieces of paper with the faces of dead
presidents. The truth is you work in order to obtain what those
little pieces of paper can bring you.

The first thing you need to do is to find the reason WHY you are
a network marketer. Is it the freedom to choose whatever you
want to do whenever you want to do it? Maybe you are looking for
a different lifestyle. If there is one thing that is critical to
your network marketing internet business success, this is it. If
you don’t have a reason, there is no motivation to succeed.

A network marketing business is a teaching and coaching
business. If you don’t like interaction with other people, a
network marketing business probably is not for you. There’s a
concept that most network marketers just can’t seem to get a
handle on. You do not sponsor “reps,” you sponsor “people!”

If you have to find a reason why you are building your network
marketing business, on the internet then doesn’t it stand to
reason that other people will have to do the same thing? If
that’s the case, then why is it that network marketers
continually focus on how much money your prospect can earn?

There’s no way you are going to convince “Joe Sixpack,” to get
out of his Lazyboy recliner unless you find out what his
motivation is. Most network marketers literally pound in the
amount of money Joe can earn. They bombard him with message
after message about how “Successful Sam” has just purchased his
10th Porsche, refurnished his 25,000 square foot cottage and
promise Joe that he can do the same!

Just how realistic is this approach? Joe isn’t stupid. He works
long, hard hours at his job in order to provide for his family
and truly believes that the best thing he can hope for is saving
enough money by summer to pay for a camping trip. Then here you
come, promising Joe that he can have everything that Sam has and
he can have it if he will just sign that piece of paper making
you his sponsor!

You will probably sponsor a few people that way, but if you are
in business for the long haul you need to change your approach
and do it fast.

The proper approach is so simple, but in your rush to sponsor
another “rep” instead of helping another person, all too often
you talk yourself into and straight out of sponsoring the Joes
of the world.

God gave you two ears and one mouth and he did it for a reason.
We are supposed to “listen” twice as much as we “speak.”

Instead of pouncing on Joe with the latest and greatest network
marketing program of all time, find out what Joe wants and
needs. Ask him questions, lots of questions. In fact, in your
first meeting with Joe, don’t even mention your business! Yes,
that’s what I said. Don’t even bring it up. Remove yourself from
the super duper network marketing persona and spend time making
a new friend.

Follow these recommendations and you are set to grow your
network marketing internet business as large as you want.

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If you think that starting your own work at home internet
business is the answer to your problems; whether it’s money,
child care, illness or a desire for more free time, then you
MUST choose wisely.

Too many individuals eagerly leave their paying jobs in order to
work at home with their own internet business only to return to
the unemployment arena looking for work and carrying a massive
debt from their ventures.

How can you find the answer to your quest for your own work at
home internet business without failing? Here’s 3 keys!

DESIRE DISCRETION DISCIPLINE

DESIRE —-

If you think that running own business and working at home at
home is merely a matter of using your brains then you are sure
to be disappointed.

Successful entrepreneurs have a common thread no matter if they
run the run a country gas station or a Fortune 500 company -
DESIRE. If you don’t have the drive and determination to work
for yourself - if you can’t give up the security of a regular
pay cheque - you will have great difficulty working for
yourself.

DISCRETION —-

Expect to fail. There are many opportunities available. Some are
good, some are frauds and several are absolutely perfect - for
YOU. Each individual’s strengths and talents will impact which
business model will suit them best.

If you are very shy or hate to talk to people than it would be
wise to stay away from businesses that require a lot of
face-to-face selling. If the product is not something you would
personally use it is not something you will want to promote and
that will show in your efforts.

Take stock of your abilities and interests and try several
businesses that are related. Not all will suit you, but trying
things will ultimately improve your business skills overall.

If you do fall for what turns out to be a fraud, consider it
education and move on - you will not likely make the same
mistake again.

Consider talking to business owners who do what you want to do
or to people who may use your product or service. Research the
business and read the fine print!

DISCIPLINE —-

You don’t have a boss or a time clock, but if you expect to make
a living then you will have to discipline yourself. Have a
schedule that you follow every day. Plan your time wisely.

Although many procrastinators actually do well working for
themselves it is still vitally important to know what needs to
be done and to have the discipline to follow through. A few bad
jobs or unhappy customers can have lasting impact on your
business.

Many have found great happiness and success working for
themselves. It is exciting to run your own internet business and
work at home doing it!

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Would you like to start a home based business online?

A lot of people dream of starting their own home based business.
They dream of setting their own hours, working when they want to
work and with whom. The reality is that very few of these people
ever take the time to ensure that they have the right skill set
- the right tools - to make the leap to a home-based enterprise.

The first major pitfall that most new home-based business owners
face is a lack of scheduling discipline. They just don’t plan
out their work days. This can cause problems in two ways,
under-working and overworking.

Let’s look at the first one, “under-working.” It’s very easy to
sit at home, on the ol’ PC surfing the web. You might intend on
working on your new website or putting up auctions on eBay, but,
before you know it, you’ve spent the entire day reading email
and surfing for the latest news and gossip. Sure, you were
online and you were doing something, but the things you were
doing are not the things that will put a dime in your bank
account.

Overworking is pretty easy to understand. Some people simply
don’t know how to keep business hours. When they work from home,
the temptation is there to “work ’til you drop.” That’s not
good, especially if you start a home a based business online on
the side and still work a day job. If you spend all your time
working, you’ll soon feel that you’re never getting any “down
time,” and burnout is sure to follow. Believe me, I know all
about this one.

Here’s the solution. You must be very disciplined in planning
your day. Write down what you need to accomplish every day and
how long you will work on each item. Be sure to include downtime
in your plan - time for your family, relaxation, exercise,
whatever. This is important. after all, you’re starting a
home-based business to build a lifestyle, not to become the
richest person in the cemetery!

Your daily plans and goals need to be very specific. It won’t do
you any good to write something like, “work on project x.” What
does that mean? How exactly do you “work on something?” Your
plan needs to include a definite finishing point, such as “write
a new article on dog grooming for page one of the website.” See
the difference? You can “work on” a project for years and never
reach a point where you’ve had any success. By contrast, when
you “write an article on x,” you know you’re done as soon as
you’ve typed the final period.

If you’re in a marketing business, try to farm out as much of
the non-marketing related work as you can afford to do. For
example, if you sell products or services, it might be
beneficial for you to hire someone to help build and maintain
your website. The money you’ll spend to have someone else do it
will be more than offset by the amount of time it will free up.
Other areas you can outsource for your home based business
online might be bookkeeping, mailing, etc.

Be realistic when planning your day. If you’re still working
your day job, schedule that from the time you get up in the
morning until you get home from work. Don’t forget to include
commute time. Then, plan out your evening accordingly. Don’t
schedule a four hour task to be completed in one hour. It won’t
happen. If you have huge tasks, break them up as much as
possible and schedule your time accurately. This will allow you
to have a feeling of accomplishment and you’ll get a lot more
done in the long run.

Don’t multi-task. I know that this is the latest “buzzword,”
but, in reality, multi-taking is one of the leading killers of
productivity for most people. Schedule only one project at a
time. You can work on more than one project during the day, but
you shouldn’t work on more than one project at a time. It’s very
difficult, if not totally impossible, to serve to masters at the
same time. Give one project your undivided attention. Once
you’ve completed that task, move on to another tasks on that
project or to another project.

If you start your home based business online with tunnel vision
on a daily basis you will accomplish more and become more
successful in a shorter period of time.

You should also be a little flexible in your scheduling. In any
business, there are bound to be interruption s that you couldn’t
possibly have planned for. In home-based businesses, the chance
of distraction goes up exponentially. You’ll be working on that
hot new project, only to have the toilet overflow or a neighbor
ring the doorbell. Plan on it. There will be things that happen
that you can’t plan for. That’s why your schedule needs to
include a little cushion.

What I like to do is plan out the items I want to get done and
overestimate the time it will take to do them, by say 10%. Then,
I have other items which are “on deck.” These items aren’t quite
on today’s schedule, but I want to do them soon. If I complete
all of my scheduled tasks for the day, I simply look to see
what’s on deck and start on one of them. It’s a bonus.

Sometimes, no matter how well you plan, you just won’t finish
what you schedule. It happens to everyone. That’s when you
simply revise your schedule for the next day to include the
missed item(s). Don’t get hung up on the fact that an item or
two didn’t get done as planned. Just take it in stride and keep
on moving forward. Now, if you find yourself routinely missing
your deadlines, you’ll need to reevaluate your scheduling. Are
you being realistic in your time allotments? Probably not.
Adjust accordingly.

Here are just a few tips to help you maintain sanity and get
your work done. With a little planning and a little effort, you
can balance your home life and start a home based business
online and literally schedule your way to success.

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by: Jeff Schuman

Copyright 2004 Jeff Schuman

What are the characteristics of the Best Mlm Leads? This is a good question to ask before you spend any money buying leads to build your MLM business. Before we get to that let’s take a look at why you would want to buy MLM leads in the first place.

Over the years the multi-level marketing business has gotten a black eye because of the over hyped promises of money and freedom. Very few people have ever achieved a high level of success in any MLM business. And even fewer have ever been able to maintain the level of achievements over a period of time.

That does not make MLM companies bad. Nor does it make the opportunities they afford the average person as a way to make extra money or even as a way to drastically change your lifetsyle. It can be done and using MLM leads is a great way to do it.

There are 2 big benefits to buying MLM leads.

1. It gets you away from approaching your friends and relatives. If you have been in more than one MLM business over the years you may have already approached them and used up your credibility when you were unsuccessful.

2. This is a duplicatible way to build your business that you can pass on to your downline. Any successful network marketing business will tell you that one of the main components of success is duplication. Anyone can buy leads and work them over the phone or thur the internet with the use of an autoresponder.

If you are unsure of how to work a lead over the phone I would suggest getting the book “Recruit Your Way To Millions” by Fred Stegge. After reading this book you will be able to explain what you do and what you offer to a new prospect in 30 seconds or less. http://www.team-schuman.com/recruit-your-way

If you are unsure of what an autoresponder is or how to use one read this article I wrote “How To Effectively Use An Autoresponder.” This is an absolutely essential business tool if you are going to succeed online with your MLM business.
http://team-schuman.com/articles/article15.html

Now that you understand some of the benefits of buying MLM leads and how to market to them let’s take a look at what are the characteristics of the Best MLM Leads.

1. How many times are the leads sold? Many MLM lead companies sell their leads over and over. You will be contacting a prospect that has already been marketed to. Personally I like eads that are exclusive to me.

2. How old are the leads? Would you rather contact a prospect that has expressed an interest in the past 48 hours or in the past 48 days. Being able to strike while the iron is hot so to speak is a great benefit of a fresh lead.

3. How many leads do you get for your money? Obviously the more leads you can get for the best price the more leads you can buy at a time. This is especially important when you are first starting or when you are helping your downline get started.

4. What is the quality of the lead? Nothing compares to a lead that contains both a phone number and email address along with a few qualifying answers to questions like “How much can you invest to get started” or “How soon do you want to get started” or When is the best time to contact you?” If a prospect is answering these type of questions you are getting a much better quality lead than if you just have a name and email address.

5. What is the response rate? This will improve as your skill level at working your leads improves, but the fresher higher quality leads will give you a better response rate even when your skill level is low.

6. Do your leads come with any extras such as an autoresponder, training on how to work leads, pre-written email marketing letters, phone scripts, your own website, flash presentations, etc.

These are the top qualities of the Best MLM Leads. Be careful when choosing a place to get your leads. Not all MLM Lead companies are created equal. It is going to be the single most important decision you make when trying to grow your MLM Business. Make the wrong choice and you will waste your time and money as well as the time and money of your downline. Make the right choice and you can be building your business successfully for years to come.

About the author:
Jeff Schuman has made over $35 Million Dollars in sales in his 20 year sales and marketing career. His Best Mlm Leads website contains the best mlm leads companies available today. His Team-Schuman.com website contains the best make money, and make money online websites anyone can use to get started making money from the comfort of their own home.
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by: Michael A Fowler, M.B.A.

William Shakespeare once wrote; “The world is a stage on which everyone is a player” … and in Network Marketing, each player must play his/her part.

To make money on the internet, working from home, you need to find the players that play their parts.

Making money online is much easier when everyone is part of the performance…

Groups play a large part in forming such an association. A Yahoo group is easy to form and allows communication to flow freely amongst the members. Keeping everyone informed of latest developments and ideas, is easily done through groups.

To truely realise the “make money at home” principle, you have to communicate and allow people to interact with each other. Team players are known to be more likely to make money online, than their individual opposites. Many minds are greater than one.

Groups are a think tank of ideas that can transform an individuals personal performance by injecting new ideas and methods into their flagging marketing strategies. To make money online, you sometimes need the sort of push that a Group can give you.

While some groups live a short life, many have been around for over 6 years or more and still give that sort of unconditional support that a new person needs, to make money on the internet. Failure rates are lower when a group is active and being led by motivational methods. The Group structure produces loyalty and belief to many people.

Anyone who is serious about learning how to make money online, should ask if there is a support group available within the business and then check it out, to see how active the group is, by looking at the mailing figures. Most groups record the number of posts made in any particular month. 78 or more would indicate some moderate activity.

Belonging to a number of groups is also a great way of relationship marketing. Joining groups that are aligned to your own personal interests, often foster a great number of business associates. Those are the sort people who are most likely to play their part.

Always remember that to make money on the internet, you have to socialise and be online on a consistent basis. Plugging people into an online group will also help you in your quest to make money online.

About the author:

Michael A Fowler, M.B.A. is the editor of the Internet’s premier work at home resource: Work from Home Journal.

An Online Trainer, Mentor and Coach, Michael has been helping people to succeed online since 1998.

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by: Melanie Mendelson

You don’t need to have a website to make money on the Internet. Here is a proven strategy to make money online without a website:

Step 1: Find Affiliate Product

Find a product to promote where you make good commission on each sale. Generally, you will get the biggest commissions on digital products. Digital products are defined as something that is downloaded directly to a customer’s computer after purchasing, like electronic books or software.

Since there is no extra cost per unit, no inventory and no shipping, the commissions are much greater than on regular “physical” goods. The most common commission on digital products is 50%. The best place to find such products is Clickbank.com.

Sign up as a reseller (also called affiliate) for a product that looks the most appealing to you. After you sign up, you will get a unique affiliate link where you need to send people to purchase the product.

Your affiliate link will have a special code that will tell the product owner that it’s you who referred the customer. The affiliate link code will allow your commissions to be tracked correctly and assigned to you.

Step 2: Get Domain Name

Get a domain name to redirect to your affiliate link. A domain name is a .COM name (like yourproduct.com). You can get it for under $9 at GoDaddy.com. GoDaddy.com will allow you to redirect your domain name to your affiliate link at no extra cost.

So when someone types in your .COM domain in their browser, it will go to your affiliate link. The visitor will see the website with the product you promote, and the commissions will be tracked correctly.

The reason why you need a domain name is that it’s memorable and it makes you look more trustworthy. Affiliate links tend to be too long and arouse suspicion. For example, most people would rather click on the link bestwidgets.com as opposed to abcwidgets.com?reseller=john

A domain name will make your affiliate link look like it’s your own website. So basically, you will have a product to promote and a website to send people to and get commissions - without really having your own website.

Step 3: Drive Traffic

In order to make sales, you need to get visitors to your domain name (which will forward them to the website of the product that you resell). You can pay for advertising and hope that your profit will be greater than advertising cost, or you can use free ways to generate traffic.

The most effective way to get free targeted visitors to your domain name is by writing and submitting articles. You can write short articles on the topic related to the product that you promote. At the end of the article, you include your author bio and your domain name link.

You will then submit your articles to various websites, and allow them to publish your articles as long as your link is included. Your articles will get published in many places on the Internet, and will be advertising your affiliate link at no cost to you whatsoever. People will read your articles, like what you have to say and click on your domain name link ready to buy.

Once you start getting regular sales from your articles, you can go back to step 1 and find another product to promote using this strategy. After a while, you will build up a nice source of Internet income - without even having a website.