Small Business Success Strategies

Fast Track Your Journey to Home Business Success

No one has ever logged onto the Internet for the first time and started pocketing dollars in a really short period of time. As with all things in life, there is a learning curve.

SOME PERSONAL HISTORY

Just a few short years ago, I was a working stiff just like you.

One day, I bought and read a book called "Multiple Streams of Income" by bestselling author, Robert Allen. Immediately, I began my journey.

Every night after work and after my wife and children went to sleep, I would get online and explore different ways of using the Internet to make money.

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Stone Evans, our official Home Business Expert

How to Find the Perfect Domain Name for Your Internet Business

Let's face it -- finding a good domain name is tough these days. Over 100 million domains have already been registered; and from all accounts, the trend is not likely to stop soon. So what's an aspiring internet entrepreneur to do? While not a guarantee, these eight and a half steps will go a long ways towards landing that perfect domain name without breaking the bank.

1. Start the search.

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Phillip Davis, our official Branding and Naming Expert

Four Roads to Coaching Success

There are certain topics you love to coach around, right? Things like transition, life purpose, wellness, legacy building, spirituality, full potential . . . coaches do love the inner realm.

Those are juicy topics. But they're a hard sell. People aren't lining up to buy those things. In this economy, if you're doing self-actualization coaching, your services are likely to be perceived as a luxury. And you know what that means. You'll be the first to go when they cut their expenses.

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Rhonda Hess, our official Coaching Business Expert

How to Make Money Online By Marketing via Answering Questions

Did you realize thousands of folks search in the form of a question each and every month? Learn how to make money online by capitalizing on answering the questions pertaining to your web site theme, driving thousand of unique visitors to your site.

First you will need to find a highly searched question which is relevant to your sites content.

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Bruce Galle, our official Domain Expert

Business Assessment and Goal Planning

It is important to pay close attention to your business and evaluate what is and isn't working for you. Smart business owners plan time to review their business at least once each year. If you have a staff, involve them in the process. Ask for feedback, suggestions and new ideas. You might be surprised by what they have to contribute.

Following are some questions to help you assess your business and plan for business growth:

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Stephanie Chandler, our official Entrepreneurial Expert

Bringing Your Product Idea to Market

The great thing about traveling is opening my hotel room door in the morning to find that day's edition of USA Today. In just about every issue of this national newspaper (a great stroke of entrepreneurial genius itself) is an article that gets my entrepreneurial juices flowing.

The February 4th issue featured a story about the growing trend among baby-boomers for more natural, at-home, eco-friendly funerals. Or as the article puts it: No embalming, no funeral directors. No sticker shock.

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Valerie Young, our official Career Change Expert

Furniture Moving - This Truck Driver's Funniest Story

Having spent more than 30 years of my life in the household goods moving industry, I have a lifetime of experiences. Recently, one of my kids asked me: what was the funniest thing that ever happened to me during my years as a mover? Well, I did not even have to think about it . . . I remember it like it was yesterday.

Interesting things can happen to movers and they can meet some "special" people along their journey.

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Allen Smith, our official Trucking/Truck Driver Training Expert

How Much Money Are You Leaving on the Table?

If there is one thing most of you would agree on it's that few people have ever come across a situation made worse by having too much money. We all know in the business world more clients = more money.

In a study conducted by Dartnell and McGraw Hill the following statistics were discovered.

80 percent of all sales are made only after 5 or more contacts.
48 percent of all salespeople give up after the first contact.
25 percent give up after the 2nd contact.

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Sandy Reed, our official Family Business Expert

10 Steps to a Great Home Based Business Support Team

Four years ago this month, Solo-E hired its first contractors: 3 fabulous VAs. Between them they handled the details of hundreds of items of content for the website, scores of newsletters and uncounted correspondence with subscribers and clients. Two of them still work for me (the third took time off with her third child and is now pursuing a career in financial planning!)

Having a long and successful working relationship with a team of contractors is somewhat of an anomaly among solo entrepreneurs.

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Terri Zwierzynski, our official Solo-Entrepreneur Expert

7 Tips to Build Your Visibility and Credibility with Social Networking

If you think MySpace, Facebook, and other social networking sites are just for kids, then think again. Authors, entrepreneurs, entertainers, non-profits, and businesses are using social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook to promote who they are and what they do. Having a professional social networking presence can build platform, sell books, attract attention, and generate leads for your business. When used correctly, it will boost your visibility and credibility generating the results you want.

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Nancy Marmolejo, our official Visibility Expert