Emails And Auto-Responders
Email marketing is still the most effective form of generating traffic on demand and it all starts with building a list. If you have a subscriber list in the internet marketing niche, use the email below to send out a broadcast. Even if you don't, you can start building you list today and still add the follow-up Emails into your auto-responder to ensure you get as much exposure as possible! Please note that these emails have been formatted to work with Aweber .
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Lesson #1 - Are You Ready To Start Your Online Business? (really...)
SUBJECT: Lesson #1 - Are You Ready To Start Your Online Business? (really...)
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There are many well-known entrepreneurs who started from their
home businesses and became famous with their inventions, ideas
and dreams.
Note that although working from home doesn’t necessarily dictate
success, but one can’t help but notice that working from home
may perhaps have afforded them a peace of mind that allowed them
to comfortably work on their dreams.
Sister Schubert’s Rolls The famous yeast rolls lady who boasts
the buttery rolls, blueberry breads and now even cornbread
delights started in her own home. Using her kitchen as a test
site, Sis. Schubert rolled, baked, tested and delivered yeast
rolls right from her kitchen!
She started by operating a home-based catering business called
The Sliver Spoon. She used a Parkerhouse rolls style recipe that
she got from a family hand-down and the rolls were dubbed
“Everlasting Rolls.”
Today she has a manufacturing site of course because the
business is so huge, but she had the courage and insight to
start her empire from her home kitchen and boy are we glad she
did!
Microsoft Computers Ever heard of a company called Microsoft or
an application called Windows?
What about a man named Bill Gates?
I’m sure you have, but this gentleman, along with a friend
started the colossal business known today as Microsoft in their
garage! Two little geeky, nerdy guys who were in college
deciding to tinker around with some programming, and the rest as
they say, is history.
These are just a couple of examples of famous people who have
made a living working from their home setting and building
businesses that yielded significant attention. With their
contributions and their examples, you too have the motivation
that it takes to succeed!
Any Disadvantages?
There are, like anything else and anywhere else, disadvantages
to to an issue that may seem all-glorious and all wonderful on
the surface.
Working at home is not any different, therefore you should
really seriously consider the disadvantages that accompany
working from home and all that is involved with the lifestyle.
First, consider whether or not you are really ready for the work
at home lifestyle that you are considering. Without all of the
romance, the lofty ideas and the pluses that can be misconstrued
as generalities, let’s look at some very real considerations
that you should focus on before you get started in this.
Patience Do you have the patience and wherewithal that it will
take for you to make a go of your business or work at home job
until it is self-sustaining?
Do you have the funds and support that you need in order to wait
until your income is enough to support you and your family?
Without regards to the perks, consider the time that it will
take for you to ramp up your business to create a decent income.
Depending on the type of business that your pursue or the type
of company that you go to work for, you may in for a lengthy
and/or involved process to get things to where they need to be
in order for you to see some progress in that area.
How much of an income do you need to generate in order to live?
Sit down and accurately figure out what you need to make on a
weekly and/or monthly business before you are ready to embark on
a new business idea or venture.
Be realistic in your expectation level and with your expenses.
Are you ready to withstand the lean times that will come while
you are working towards building that income?
Having a steady income with a traditional job is a definite
level of comfort for some individuals. It can be quite unnerving
to think that you are responsible for your income, whether
you’re good at what you do or not. The stability of a guaranteed
paycheck from a regular job can quickly become a preference over
making the lifestyle of a work at home entrepreneur.
Benefits
Benefits are a very important consideration for the
work at home employee. Oftentimes, they have a family to support
and need the benefits for them in order to make their lives
easier.
You must consider the benefits, or rather the lack of benefits
that a work at home individual is without while he or she builds
up their income. Benefits can include health and life insurance,
dental insurance, paid sick leave and even paid maternity leave.
You should seriously think about NOT having access to these
benefits as a contract worker and find out how you can support
your family in the absence of them. Many companies hire
freelancers or contractors as a way to avoid paying benefits to
their workers. A plus for them, but a minus for you.
Although this is the way they save money, you must consider you
and your family’s health and well being and the security of
having medical and dental benefits that they will need while you
are pursuing your dream of working for yourself. Can they do
without the benefits?
Time
Time is another disadvantage that goes along with the
aforementioned schedule and flexibility. One of the drawbacks to
consider to having such flexible time, is, having such flexible
time.
When you pursue the lifestyle of the work at home person, you
also have to consider the amount of time that you will put in
and the toll that it takes on the body.
Yes, there is flexibility, but there are also deadlines. And, if
there are deadlines to meet with the work at home business, they
must be met. Whether that is in the middle of the night, with or
without a sick child and other responsibilities looming over you
to get done, it is up to you to make it all happen.
Time is one of the few commodities that we don’t have control
over. We all have the same amount of time given to us day in and
day out. It’s up to us to maximize that time to make everything
happen within that time that needs to.
Is the work at home lifestyle for everyone? No, it isn’t. But,
you should consider the advantages and disadvantage and your own
lifestyle before deciding that it is (or is not) something that
you would like to pursue.
Of course, it IS a wonderful way to make a living. And, with so
many creative, wonderful ways to do it, it’s hard not being
excited about how everyone can enjoy this lifestyle as well.
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Lesson #2 - Creating Your Success System
SUBJECT: Lesson #2 - Creating Your Success System
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As you begin your work from home entrepreneurial journey, you
will experience a fair amount of highs and lows as you find out
what works for you and what doesn’t. The journey towards the
lifestyle of working from home is fast, fun, exciting, emotional
and often very, very rewarding.
Let’s look at some things that you will want to consider and do
while you prepare for a lifestyle that will bring you such
opportunities and affordability’s.
Polish Your Resume No matter what type of work at home job or
business that you plan to pursue, it is advisable to have a
current resume ready in case the request ever arises. A
well-written resume almost ensures that you get the attention of
the right people for the opportunity that you are pursuing.
Keep your resume updated and current. Update your references and
skills set as often as needed as well.
As you acquire a new skill or enhance an old one, put it on your
resume!
Your current and skills-in-process contribute greatly to any
consideration that you would get as a home-based worker or
contractor. Working from home is no reason to not be as polished
or professional as you would be in a corporate setting.
When you are assembling your resume, list all of your applicable
skills and experience that are pertinent to the type of business
that you are pursuing.
• Are you efficient in data entry work?
• Do you have a very pleasant and inviting telephone or
marketing persona?
• Are you multi-degreed, have a skill or technical knowledge
that is hard-pressed to find?
Every type of business experience and exposure helps to present
you as the polished professional that you’d like to be
considered as having.
Since attracting clients and potential employers is a key aspect
for your business, you want to present yourself in a positive,
professional manner.
Also, verify and confirm the references that you have listed on
your resume. There is a possibility that your potential
employers and clients may contact them for a personal reference
or a character reference.
Make sure their contact information is correct and current and
also that you still have their permission to use them as a
reference.
Preparing your resume can be as easy as typing up a Word
processing document. Although resumes today are communicated via
the Internet through email communications and within online
portals, they still need to be as polished as can be.
Perform spell checks and grammar checks to ensure that they flow
correctly. Have a professional peer scan your resume for
consistencies and to make sure dates and descriptions are
correct as well.
There are many resume templates available within several word
processing documents that will help you in outlining how the
resume will look, how it will flow, and how detailed or thorough
it needs to be.
There are also resume help services that will help you to
develop your resume and polish it professionally enough to gain
a lot of attention.
These services can range widely in prices, but the price can be
offset by the results that you get from having such a
professionally-presented resume.
Just determine beforehand how you want your resume to look and
sound since it’s unlikely that you will be changing it on a
frequent basis.
Carve out your work space Working from home will be the perhaps
the best decision that you’ve ever made. However, where you work
when you are working from home will be the second most important
decision that you’re going to make.
Depending upon the nature of your work and how frequently you
need access to your computer, you will be spending a lot of time
in front of your computer system all day and will need to
establish a quiet, comfortable area to get everything done that
you need to get done.
Your workspace should be sufficient enough to provide you with
the comfort and capabilities that accompany long, hard-working
days.
Email communications Have a dedicated email address that is
separate and distinctly set up for outside communications with
potential clients and questions to/from customers.
This will help you keep the professional touch that you need and
enable you to also keep all of your pertinent business
information in one spot for easier access.
Work Schedule Determine the hours that you are able to devote to
your home business. Setting the hours well in advance will help
you work smart and eliminate any time wasters (social
networking, phone calls, etc.) and focus intently on your daily
responsibilities.
Since working from home is such a wonderfully flexible
lifestyle, it is far too easy to get caught up in putting off
responsibilities until later or not doing them at all. This can
eventually become harmful and damaging to your attempt to meet
deadlines and continue on a productive work schedule.
Update your computer software Updating your computer software
regularly helps your computer run more efficiently and more
effectively. Your software can detect computer viruses and any
technical problems that can be a threat to your system.
When you are working from home, it is important that you have
the most currently available software for your system to ensure
that you have optimal productivity. Run regular and systematic
computer scans and turn your computer off at night if possible.
Back up your files at least once a week (or more if you have a
super-busy business) to ensure file retrieval if there is ever a
problem.
Also, since computer viruses are very common and rampant, ensure
that you have the latest and the most efficient software to
guard against a virus infiltrating your system.
Regards,
YOUR NAME
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Lesson #3 - Work at Home Scams: Due Diligence
SUBJECT: Lesson #3 - Work at Home Scams: Due Diligence
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Work at home scams are very prevalent in the work at home
community and run rampant on sites that make wide, bogus
promises. As a work at home pursuer, you are going to be
targeted from the likes of these bunches and become inundated
requests and appeals that often look and sound fake from the
beginning!
When you decide that you want to work from home, you may want to
begin an extensive online research campaign to find out which
business will work best for you.
Since they are so elusive yet prevailing, you really need to
have a sharp eye to be able to detect what is a scam, what is
real and what is blatantly illegal and needs to be avoided at
all costs.
You may visit several online websites and forums that promise
“easy money” or that will make you a “millionaire in 90 days.”
Of course, these claims are preposterous, but there are
companies who do make these claims.
Work at home businesses cloaked as scams are tricky and often
hard to detect. They may look and sound legitimate yet have all
of the elements of a bad business transaction and promises on
impending wealth that just aren’t ever going to manifest.
What are some of the characteristics of a scam that you should
watch for?
• Promises to get rich in a short amount of time. Usually 30
days or less is what these places will promise that you can gain
thousands if not millions of dollars.
• No work required. Really? There is nothing legal where you can
make money and not put forth any effort. Exaggerated claims are
the hallmark of most every type of scam.
• No real business address. Often these addresses have P.O.
Boxes or addresses that cannot even be Googled.
• No contact information. Who is the person or persons that you
need to contact for more information? If you can’t find them on
the website, chances are that they don’t exist.
When you begin seeking out potential job offers or
opportunities, there are companies who are targeting those who
are just like you; eager, inquisitive and maybe even desperate
to find work that will let them enjoy the work at home
lifestyle.
They target those with these emotions because they know that
they are likely to want more information and are likely to buy
what they’re selling.
If you know what to look for on a site and know what questions
to ask, you can avoid having problems and disasters that can set
you back from pursuing your quest to become a home business
owner.
So how can you spot a work at home scam and bypass them to get
to the legitimate information?
Stay clear of websites or job posting opportunities that require
a registration or a membership fee to receive their job posting
information.
Much of the information that they have posted on their website
is readily available for free over the Internet. They may be
charging you a fee for nothing.
These sites are systematically preying upon those who have a
desire to work from home but may perhaps lack leads and/or more
information on how they can get started. They even seem to be
able to directly target how you’re feeling, what you’re thinking
and may even propose to know what type of financial condition
you’re in.
Regards,
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Lesson #4 - Opportunities To Avoid
SUBJECT: Lesson #4 - Opportunities To Avoid
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There are other online scams that the work at home business
person needs to steer clear of and watch out for. Often, these
scams portray as harmless, but in reality they are very
dangerous and can be damaging to any efforts that you have put
towards working from home in a successful capacity.
Lotteries
How many times in one month have you won the lottery? Dozens
probably. The lottery, especially the British Lottery, claims
that their recipients win in pounds, and in millions of them.
This not only is untrue, but there are emails constantly being
sent to unsuspecting online opportunity seekers saying that the
recipient has won an exaggerated amount of money.
This can be especially tempting to respond to if as a business
opportunity seeker, you are looking for the next big
money-making venture that will give you an unlimited income
potential.
Rest assured knowing that these particular types of lotteries
that arrive in your email in-box announcing instant riches is a
scam. They work very swiftly and very adeptly, asking you to pay
fees to transfer the money out of the country it is in.
Once you fall for this scam the first time, they continue asking
for more and more assistance with transferring the money.
They also continue asking for higher and higher fees transfer
amounts, promising you reimbursement and additional money for
your time and inconvenience. Because everything moves so
swiftly, you can be swindled out of a lot of money before you
realize what is happening.
When all is said and done, it is horrific to realize that not
only are you now broke, but you will also never recover the
money that you used as fees to transfer money for this overseas
company. Why? Because the company was fake…it never existed.
Money Transfers
Another similar type of job offer that is like the lottery is
one that is done via email and where you are asked to perform a
financial transaction. The scammer will say that they need
representatives or financial offers to complete particular
transactions in the United States.
They will claim that without your help, this transaction cannot
be accomplished. However, the proposed transaction has a lot of
nuances to it that suggest illegal activity as well as immoral
and illogical behavior.
They will begin by asking you to transfer money from their
clients to your bank account with a check, a money order, or
through a wire transfer.
They give you complete instructions on how to do this and give
you a deadline time as well to ensure that the transaction takes
place within their referenced time (possibly a window of time
that avoids them getting caught).
If you are in agreement with this and consent to comply with
their request, you then move on to the next step and then things
begin to get somewhat complicated.
You then transfer the money that they’ve asked you to hold for
them into another bank account. Deducting a generous percentage
that you keep for yourself, you then forward the balance of the
money on to the recipient immediately.
This whole scenario sounds like it would be and is an incredibly
easy way to make fast cash and create a source of income for
you. However, the check, the money order and the wire transfer
are all fake, but unfortunately you will not find this out until
after the transactions are completed.
When the money initially appears in your account, everything
looks, sounds and feels legitimate for what you’ve been asked to
do.
You have followed all of the instructions and transferred the
money out of your account. But a few days later, you have
noticed that the checks that you have deposited now bounce and
you are now liable for those amounts.
You are also now liable for any bank fees that incur as a result
and you also find out that the bank will become quite aggressive
in recovering their fees in recouping their losses. Things have
become a nightmare for you.
With banks and lending institutions, all losses are the
responsibility of the person’s name on the bank account and any
other issues that arise out of financial negligence. The bank is
only interested in getting their money back.
If the money cannot be recouped and unable to be repaid, there
is a chance then that criminal charges can be pressed, and in
many cases often is.
Without having realized it, you were a participant in a
money-laundering scheme. You were duped out of a significant
amount of money and there isn’t anything, or very little, that
you can do about it.
Multi-level Marketing or MLM
Almost all multilevel marketing businesses are scams and have
scam potential. Multilevel marketing, or more widely known as a
MLM, is a type of work at home business that is similar to
pyramid schemes.
Initially, a person becomes an affiliate of a product or
service, sometimes using it themselves in order to make it more
credible or more believable. Along with the recommendation to
use this product or service, they solicit their friends and
family to sign up as affiliates and use them as well.
The person who initiated the affiliated business will make money
off the product or service sale and also reap a percentage of
the fee that their referred affiliate paid. Sadly, many people
do not make money from this venture and only the person at the
very top will profit.
Before you consider investing any money into these types of
business setups, investigate the originators of the multilevel
marketing business. Simply run a search on your favorite search
engine and clue in to any information that returns form the
site’s name.
To limit the search, enter the owner’s name and the name of the
company along with the word “scam”. This may result highly and
bring hidden search results to the surface.
There may also be that the company’s owner may be involved in
more than one business. This is one of the most important things
to consider before paying out any money towards this type of
business.
You can also look for other lawsuits that the company has or
that the owners may be involved in. Usually a lawsuit indicates
fraudulent business practices. It also indicates that the owners
have been involved in unscrupulous dealings.
Many of these multilevel marketing schemes do not have a product
or service that is business related or anything of value.
Consider this before wasting your money or investing in a
multi-level marketing scheme with them. Before investing in any
way, research the business, gathering as much pertinent
information as you can in order to make a good, solid decision.
If there is anything to reveal, it will be revealed upon
research and discovery.
Regards,
YOUR NAME
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Lesson #5 - A REAL Home-Based Business Is One Of These 2 Things...
SUBJECT: Lesson #5 - A REAL Home-Based Business Is One Of These 2 Things...
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Know beforehand that true success depends on several things
before you get started in the home business venture. Two basic
things are needed for a successful home business.
1.) A useful, valuable product or service
2.) A demand for that product or service.
In addition, most home businesses do not succeed because they
fail to address the needs of the customer. Sometimes the product
is of low quality, and no one wants it. Or perhaps there is so
much competition that it is impossible to sell enough of the
product or service to make it profitable.
Research the product or service that you want to market before
you invest any money into building your business. Thorough
research is the best indicator and findings of whether or not
your product will succeed.
It will also show you whether or not there is demand for it
within existing markets. It will help direct marketing
strategies and identify your target customers.
The most important tool that you can ever have for the home
business is the use of research. Running a home business IS
running a full time business and requires the full use of your
attention, time and resources in order to be successful.
Much of the time that is spent in pursuit of a home business is
actually getting the business positioned to function efficiently
and effectively.
Promoting the business requires a lot of time and effort focused
on finding new clients, driving traffic to your websites or in
marketing your business via different channels on the web.
There is no doubt that building a business can cost a
significant amount of money, much of which is absorbed in
start-up costs. These start-up costs are accounted in equipment,
supplies, computer inventory, and marketing and promotional
materials.
These costs are essential in getting a new business off the
ground and into the minds of the consumers that you are trying
to reach.
When you decide to start a new business, and you realize the
costs that are necessary to make it thrive, you must quickly
decide into which veins you will deposit the largest amount of
your holdings where it will make a difference.
• Should you place the bulk of it into computers and hardware
inventory?
• Should you heavily market your product or service, thereby
substantially increasing your marketing campaigns so that they
yield the most favorable results?
• What about the actual home office set-up; should you be
concerned about the longevity and the practicality of getting
the best and the latest equipment for your needs?
Home business costs can easily spiral out of control. The last
thing that you as a business needed is to spend some of that
savings on a program that makes fantastic promises but may in
fact doom your business to failure. Home businesses can work.
Just realize that these so-called programs are often a complete
waste of money that could be better spent elsewhere. Don’t buy
into “instant success” as in reality; it truly takes time to
actually make a profit from the home business.
Your best weapon for getting the home business to succeed, once
again, is research. So be prepared before entering the home
business realm.
Regards,
YOUR NAME
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