I have built two websites using the Site Built It system.This is for me the best system for building a website that gets traffic.
There are many free website building applications out there but none give the knowledge you need to build a site that the search engines like and humans like.
With SBI you learn the key to success is building a content based website that offers value to your visitors, not one that just pitches products to them.
Anyway, until 30th November 2009 you can buy one SBI site for the normal $299 and get a second one for a further $100.You can keep it in reserve or give it to someone as a Thanksgiving present.To find out more about this amazing offer click on the image below.
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Here are some things I learnt about becoming more successful in business:
Speed of implementation-once you have a idea put it into action,do not procrastinate.You can spend forever waiting for the right moment before launching a new product or idea.Do it now.If it does not work then know you have learned a lesson.Use it and move on.Which leads to..
Failure is just an idea it is not a thing.Failure only exists inside your head if you let it.The great inventor Thomas Eddison said every time something did not work he knew he was one step closer to finding something that did.
You get paid for results not work.People will only hand over money when they get what they want.You must streamline your activities so that everything serves the goal of giving the customer what she wants.So get away from the employee mindset of “I turn up for work so I should be paid”
Most of the things you try in business will not work.Just accept that.You try things then move on.If there is no motion there is stagnation and that means death to your business.
The three things you need to make your business work are a product,marketing and systems.Most people focus on the first to the detriment of the other two.Your marketing must be scientific.You must be able to measure everything,where your leads are coming from and how much they spend to name just two.Your system is how the business works.How orders are taken,where stock is kept ,how product is delivered,how payment is handled,how return goods are handled and how accounting is handled. Once the system is running you just need to fine tune it now and again ,but any bottle necks will close you down.
To alot of people this would mean as much money as they wanted,so that could buy whatever they wanted and have the best experiences too.But have you ever seen that statistic where 95% of people who win the lottery are broke again within five years.
You see people might say they want to be rich but underneath they don’t.
What they want is the comfort and safety which is why they are content to stay in cubicle land where they are told what to do,when to do it and how much they will be paid to do it.
This safety will be lacking when you start a work form home job.Can you discipline yourself to do what needs to be done,cut out the distractions and just keep going?
Some may define success by how many people like them which often goes hand in hand with the safety model.If you do what you are told to do how could anyone dislike you?
Or is success to you defined by failure.You knew it wouldn’t work and hey you were right.
You need to see where you are in all this because if yout mindset is against you no business guru is going to save you.
AND you must see what success is for people who are going to join your team,because if they are any of the above they will not help your grow your business.
Ask the right questions of yourself and others and you will have the right mindset and so will your team.
You need to have the right mindset to succeed as a home business owner.You can have all the right tools and technology to build your marketing system but if you do not have the right mindset to overcome the problems and obstacles that you will encounter then you will fail or at least find the going tough.Watch this video for how to hard wire your brain for success.
They say that if you treat it as a hobby then you will get hobby size cheques.
Are you willing to do what it takes to succeed?That is alot different from trying your best,for what if that is not good enough?Well at that point you will probably give up.But if you are prepared to do what it takes, then you will push through the obstacles that are bound to show up.
When I first started out in this business I had this vision of “making it” .There I would be lying on a tropical island somewhere in the Pacific with a cocktail in my hand.Mmm….I wonder how long it would be before I got bored.I realised that I am on this earth to grow and evolve, for as someone once said to me “when we die all we have left to take with us is the person we have become”.
When you go to a funeral do they talk about the deceased’s accumulation of wealth,how many cars they had?No, it was the qualities they possessed,the things and service they gave to the community.
You will have to give alot before the money shows up,that is the test to see how committed you are.For many will fall by the way side,only the true believers will continue.
But don’t fall into the trap of thinking there is some destination,some mythical wonderland.It is the journey that makes it worthwhile.You will be a better person for it.
