Moms Business

Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m a total geek. I LOVE learning new things! Especially when it comes to marketing,  web based business mastery, psychology of selling, personal development, etc.

I’ve always been a speed reader, so that’s helped me whip through material pretty fast. (I was an English major with 2 jobs in college – I HAD to learn to read fast!)

Then along came audio courses…it used to drive me nuts listening to these speakers ramble on and not being able to speed things up. There WAS gold there – I just had to listen to a lot of filler to get to it. I felt like I was back in corporate America, trapped in those endless business meetings where you spend 3 hours discussing something that could have been covered in 10 minutes.

Then I found Faster Audio. It was like a dream come true! With this software, I could speed up the audio playback to whatever I wanted, and still get the information. There was no learning curve with the software, the interface was very easy to use, and within minutes of downloading it, I was using it. It literally cut my learning time in half. I tend to speed most audio up by 50% and still get a very clear playback.  It worked like a charm!

And then came video courses….

Suddenly everything was video and I was back to square one - having to watch the whole thing and being unable to speed things up. Having to spend hours in front of my computer to find the gems in the material. It was awful!

And then I found it…. And it was FREE….. I was so happy!! Enounce will speed up your videos and give you your time back. It’s wonderful! I have no idea if they plan to charge in the future for it, but If I were you, I’d download it now just in case. Enjoy!

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I’ve been a member of Mom Masterminds for almost a year now. It’s a great group of  moms who support and help each other grow their businesses. Though I’ve been too busy to be very active in the forums (something I plan to change in the new year),  every time I pop in I’m reminded of why I love the membership.

The women there are passionate about what they do! They are passionate about helping other women, and making a difference. Their business is a direct reflection of their core values and beliefs. They found the secret to success!

See, the best work at home business idea is one that you can get excited about!  One that makes you eager to start your day, and stay focused on your goals.  It’s where your heart is, where your life has led you, where you can make a difference.

For instance, Samantha Gregory has built a business helping single moms. Her blog,  http://richsinglemomma.com was created out of a desire to see single moms thrive, and as a way to motivate each one to pursue their dreams. As a single mom myself, I love the concept of her blog and the dedication behind it. Her passion shines through in every post!

Even in these trying economic times, it is possible to build a business around something you love.

Another shining example of this is Brenda Adelman. Her father murdered her mother, and then married her aunt within months. At first she was devastated, and stayed mired in self pity and grief. But finally she began to heal. Now she teaches workshops, and mentors others on how to forgive and move on with their life.

Your life lessons can be a great key to finding the best work at home business idea for you.

Deb Holder is another inspirational story. She fell in love with writing when she was very young.  Throughout her career in mental health, she still had a secret passion for the written word. She went back to school, got her Masters in English, and now works from home making a living as a writer. She has combined her passion for helping people with her love of writing, and specializes in self-help copywriting. She also has a great blog called debt-free-mom.com which helps moms break free from the shackles of debt.

The best work at home business ideas are usually ones that center around your true talents and gifts.

As a mentor to aspiring work at home moms, the question of the best work at home business idea for my clients is one of the most frequent that I get. The answer for them, as it is for you, begins with looking inside of yourself for the answer.

The most passionate business women I’ve met, in Mom Masterminds and elsewhere, also tend to be the most successful.

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The Internet is chock-a-block full of home business scams trying to separate you from your hard earned money. These people prey on your emotions and need for cash, and they hire the best copywriters in the world to suck you in. Here are 3 easy ways you can protect yourself.

1. Do Your Research. Before you buy any product, research it on the Internet. Type in the name of the product and the word scam and see what pops up.

2. Know What You’re Looking For. The best reviews are those found at places like scam.com and ripoffreport.com. These sites are a wealth of information. They give the bad, and sometimes good, about all sorts of products and services on the Internet.

The next place to check is forums that you frequent, or forums in that niche. For instance, if it’s an internet marketing product, the warrior forum is the best place to check out product reviews.

Finally, you can check other sites and see what people are saying. A lot of these types of reviews are done by affiliates, so don’t automatically take someone at their word – they get a commission if you buy the product through their link. Find people you trust and stick with the products and services they recommend.

3. Know The Common Scams To Avoid. There are ways to make quick money on the Internet. In fact, I have a free report called Secret Shortcuts Revealed that will show you how I easily generated $1409 in 30 days. But there are many types of scams out there that don’t.

Almost all of the survey sites I’ve seen are scams – you may make a few bucks here and there but you will never make the kind of money you see promoted on their website.  Also, anything that says, “”You can just put up a Web page, do nothing, and cash huge checks–there is no work required!” is a scam. Stay far away.

There is always work involved – it may not be much, but there’s always something! Some other common scams are envelope stuffing, craft assembly, and chain letters. Remember, anything that seems too good to be true probably is! If you can’t get some information free to test the credibility of a site or person, it’s probably best to pass on the offer altogether.

The Internet can be a minefield if you’re not careful. There are scammers and rehashed junk all over the place. But, given the right information and support, it can also be a treasure trove of wealth, and your personal ticket to freedom.   

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A home based web business sounds like a dream come true. Push a few buttons and the money starts pouring in. If only it were that easy!

There are, of course, a lot more steps in between those 2 occurrences and a lot of different paths you can take to get you there.

Here’s the secret to success with any home based web business.

1. Know Your Strengths

The best home based web business for you is one that fits with your personality and skills. For instance, I enjoy writing and coaching so that is where I spend the majority of my time. Even my marketing is heavily slanted in that direction - article marketing, squidoo, yahoo answers, etc..

If you’re more of the technical sort, a business designing sites and troubleshooting for others would do well.

There is a lot of information about different business models for you to choose from. And it’s written by some of the best copywriters in the world.

Before you spend your hard earned money on a way to generate income, make sure you really are suited for the work, and haven’t just bought into the emotional pull of the sales letter.

Find a home based web business that honors your true strengths and passion, and outsource as much of the rest as possible.

2. Stay Focused

There are so many distractions to be found online. You go to do some forum marketing and end up spending hours reading all the latest posts. You check your email every 15 minutes and waste half the day responding to family and friends. You go to yahoo to check the answers section, and end up getting sucked into the latest news headlines and gossip instead.

One of the true signs of any successful home based web business owner is the ability to manage their time.

Start your day with a plan and stick to it. Create 3 actionable items that relate directly to sales that you can accomplish each day.  Remind yourself of your goals and the reason WHY you want to create a successful home based business.

3. Believe In Yourself and Your Ability to Be Successful

One of the most surprising things that is usually left off of “how to courses” is the mental aspect of the business. It is CRUCIAL to your success.  Without confidence and a positive mindset, your business will be doomed before you even get it off the ground. You must conquer any self sabotaging thoughts and behavior before they have a chance to derail your business success.  Do this, and you’ll be on the path to success in very short order.

It’s never really the mechanics or our knowledge that slow us down, it’s our mindset!

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Blog Inferno is a new product out by Colleen Slater. Now let me first say that I’ve had some interaction with Colleen via email and she is the nicest woman you’d ever meet! Extremely helpful, and someone I look to as a mentor. She has literally built a six figure business working an hour a day while keeping a regular job and raising a family. The woman has earned my respect!

But, I can also say that there are other people I’ve “met” online who are equally nice and equally successful - and their products are just so-so. (No, I won’t name names! :-))

Colleen would never fall into that category. I was floored by the amount of information in Blog Inferno. I’m a total sucker for mind maps, checklists - if someone is going to show me how to do something, then I want them to take me through the whole process, step by step. Colleen does just that.  It is, quite simply, the only blogging book you’ll need to take you from a beginner blogger to an expert in no time.

And the price - ridiculously low!! It’s obvious Colleen truly wants to help people.  And from the interaction I’ve had with her, I really shouldn’t be that surprised. She is a class act all the way. I mean, when was the last time you could get a whole money making system for $27?

I truly believe in the quality of this product and the value you get in what Colleen teaches. I wanted to throw in a bonus but she covered everything so thoroughly, it’s hard to find anything extra you need!

But, I did manage to find a great report on the secrets to flipping blogs that you create. A lot of times, you can make some quick income from flipping these types of blogs.  And who doesn’t need some fast cash in these trying economic times?

So, if you order Blog Inferno from my link, then email the receipt to aprilatmoms-business.com (replace the at with the @ symbol - trying to avoid the spam bots), I’ll get you that report on blog flipping.

PS Make sure you hurry - Colleen is raising the price soon!!

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 Unfortunately for some, the lure of the word "free" is just too great.  I guess it’s probably human nature that we seek out something for nothing, trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.  In reality, there really is no such thing as free, if you realize that you need to be measuring the value of your home business opportunity, mlm or other online venture in terms other than money.

  We need to take a closer look at this concept of free. The opportunities are endless, and there are more being created on a daily basis.  While most of us will look at the savings we make when an opportunity is free, have you considered what your time is worth?  I’m sure you’ve heard the saying "time is money", we’ll the internet has given that saying a whole new meaning.

When you get to a certain stage with your home business opportunity,  you come to realize that time is your most precious commodity, and it tends to attract a much higher value than it does when you start out on your online journey. Your time commands even more value and respect than money, as you look for ways to outsource your everyday tasks in order to spend your time on money gathering tasks. The time you are spending on the free stuff is time you aren’t spending on the things that will line your pockets.

Make sure also that the program you decide to go with has a marketing system in place.  You’ve got no idea how important this is.  I can give you an example though.  Do you really think that McDonald’s makes the best hamburgers in the world?  Me neither, but wouldn’t you just love to own their marketing system!  McDonald’s is a prime example of proof that its the system that works, not the program (or the product, in McDonald’s example).

Make sure that any program you are considering to make money online has a marketing system that compliments the program and fits seamlessly into the tasks that need to be done. You can check out a proven marketing system that has been responsible for the success of thousands of online entrepreneurs creating their very own residual income home business. After all, what if  I’m right?

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Moms business – Is it really possible to successfully be a mom and a business owner? I mean, being a mom is already a fulltime job. Try adding a new business into the mix, many times while still working another job, and you can get burned out before you even get started!

But it can be done. I know women who have 3,4 even 5 home schooled children, and run a successful home based business making over 100,000/year.(Yes, that’s a plural – there are more than one that I know doing this!) Their businesses have reached a point where they only have to work an hour or so a day to sustain that level of income.

It is possible!

So, how did they do it? Here is what I have learned from these amazing women about creating a successful moms business:

1. Truly believe, with all your heart, that you can do this. Ask any successful work at home moms - business success came only after they mentally prepared themselves for it. Self limiting beliefs can doom a business before you even open. For example, if you have an unconscious belief that you’re not worthy of success, you’ll sabotage your own efforts for success, without even realizing that you’re doing it. Likewise, you’ll be amazed at how fast the cash starts rolling in when you break though your limiting beliefs and truly start believing in yourself, your worth and your abilities.

2. Stay focused. Your time is extremely precious. You must stay laser focused on what will bring you results quickly. Money is a great motivator! You want to hone in on the 3 most things you can do today that will bring you the most immediate sales. Once you have accomplished these, you can move on to secondary tasks.

For example, checking your email is not going to bring you an immediate sale. Writing and submitting a press release will. Filing papers will not. Going to an after hours networking event will. Always do the 3 most important marketing tasks on your list each day.

3. Work smarter, not harder. Again, as a mom in business, your time is limited. You want to educate yourself on ways you can accelerate your success. In other words, you want to avoid the time consuming learning curves a new business brings. One of the best ways to do this is to find a mentor who has achieved the success you’re seeking. Someone who has already made the mistakes, learned the lessons, and can share their wisdom with you.

Many of the well accomplished mentors may be out of your budget but you only need to find someone one step ahead of you to achieve great results. You can also join forums and network with others who are working to create the same success as you. Moms Mastermind, for example is a wonderful resource and forum for networking AND gaining advice from other work at home moms.

A successful moms business is not only possible, it’s highly probable given the right mindset and focus.

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You’ve given up your job to stay at home, and now you wonder where the money is going to come from to pay the bills. You see prices escalating and you feel helpless not bringing in any extra money for your family. Maybe, you can run a home based business, you think. But, the problem is that you have no idea what to do. You need a business idea for stay at home moms.

Are there any businesses you can run from your home, which won’t take all your time, and will pay you more than a few measly dollars? Yes, there are. All you need is that one idea to get you started. But, that’s the problem! Where do you get that single idea from? How do you know if you will be able to earn from that idea?

One of the first question to ask is what did you do before you were a stay at home mom, and are you able to continue to use those skills in your new business?

One of the areas that people forget to look at are the skills they had in the business world, and how they can now use them to run their own business. You might be able to become a freelancer for your old company, but what if you could use that skill and offer it to many different companies?

You should take that one skill and look at how you can develop it into a business. What about other similar businesses in your neighborhood, would they benefit from your expertise? Then, you should start to think in the wider realm, could there be companies in the online world that could also use your skills?

As you take a business idea, you need to start your circle of contacts near your home, and then build out from there. Imagine if you could offer that skill to thousands of different companies. Now, before you panic, there will be a time when you have to outsource or employ other people. If you don’t take an idea and develop it, then you will remain wondering what you could be doing, and you’ll never know the answer to the question.

The business idea for stay at home moms will be different for every mom, but the principle at looking at your work skill is the same for everybody. Look at what you know, and how you can develop it into a business. For some people that will be to go online and develop a business, for others they will look at local businesses, and offer their services and skills to them. But, whatever you decide to do, it all starts with a single business idea. That idea will spark a lot of different ways to earn money from it. Testing each step will show the potential of the business, and sometimes you will need to make changes to get a better business running. But, remember it all starts with an idea, and you need to find that idea, and build from there.

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Getting backlinks from relevant websites is the key to search engine optimization. It used to be that you could make some changes to your website itself and have the search engines direct streams of traffic to you. Unfortunately that is no longer the case. Search engines see each link to your site as a vote of confidence for your website. They like this approach because, let’s face it, it isn’t easy to get other websites to link to your website. The search engines feel that while you have control over your website, other poeple
have control over whether they give your site a backlink. So, the search engines believe that backlinks are the most reliable indicators of the value of a website.

It is certainly possible to generate backlinks yourself. You can answer questions on Yahoo Answers and include a link to your website. You can write articles and submit these articles to article directories. You can also post in forums with your link in your forum signature.

But it turns out that there are some services you can use to get more backlinks. You can go onto forums like DigitalPoint and hire people to submit your website to directories, post in forums, or do social bookmarking for your site. This helps but it can be time consuming to keep track of everything and it can get expensive if you do it very much.

It is actually simpler and cheaper to use an automated link building system. One of the very best automated systems for getting more backlinks is Neurolinker. Nerurolinker is cheap at only $27/month and it finds relevant websites just like yours to link with. All links are one way links and as many as possible links are from or to sites with content similar to yours. Neurolinker is one of the very best approaches to link building and should be the first service you consider.

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