The following is a guest post by Daniel Kamen. If you would like to write for this blog, please check out the guidelines here.

If the grind of the daily commute to your workplace and back is sapping you of all your energy; if you are finding it difficult to balance school with your current job; if you want more time for yourself and your family; if the thought of going back to work leaving your baby behind is traumatizing you – it’s time to say goodbye to the office and hello to your new home-based career!

Yes, the work from home concept has taken off in a big way, so much so that its growth has left many industry experts dumbfounded.

According to telecommuting statistics published by the consulting and research organization Telework Research Network, about 3 million people work out of their homes full time. And, with a little flexibility and openness from employees, this number has the potential to grow because 40% of U.S. employees hold jobs that can be easily performed from home.

If you’ve already started your work from home career, then kudos to you! But, if you are on the lookout for serious and legitimate work at home options, here are a few hand-picked professions you can consider.

1. Medical Transcription

If you thought that the job of a medical transcriptionist is to blindly transcribe doctor dictations into ready-to-use text, then you are wrong. And, you’ve obviously never heard a doctor give dictations. Not only does it involve understanding sometimes illegible and sometimes accented recordings, but you should also be able to interpret the very complex medical jargon so casually used by physicians. Given this context, it’s obvious that the job is no walk in the park. A formal training program or prior clinical experience may be necessary for a medical transcription career.

2. Virtual Administrative Assistant

This is a fairly recent home-based career and involves providing administrative assistance to clients from a remote location, in most cases the assistant’s home. Virtual assistants are usually sought after by small or home-based businesses that don’t have the resources to hire a permanent employee. Those interested in virtual administrative assistant careers must be trained in performing the same office tasks that an in-house assistant typically would do.

3. Translation

The world has become a global village. As geographical boundaries begin to disappear in the sphere of business and culture, the need for linguistic experts who can translate important technical, legal, marketing, research and other types of documentation into different languages is increasing. Many such translators work out of their homes on a contract or project to project basis. Firms that offer translation services may also allow their employees to telecommute as long as the information being translated is not sensitive.

4. Medical Billing & Coding

The U.S. Department of Labor has projected a much faster than average growth for the medical billing and coding career. The job these specialists perform forms the basis on which healthcare practitioners are paid for their services. With the increase in the use of technology for charging health insurance companies, the demand for professionals trained in the latest medical billing and coding techniques is also increasing. This demand has made room for small, part-time, home-based medical billers and coders to co-exist with full-time professionals who work for big enterprises.

5. Freelance Writing

While freelance writing is by no means a new career, the evolution of technology has given it a fresh spin. In addition to writing for magazines, journals, newspapers, etc., writers now have newer and more exciting vistas to explore. From blogging and corporate copy writing, to web content and technical documentation – the choices are many for freelance content writers. The more time you spend working on different projects and adding different types of content writing skills to your repertoire, the more value your services are bound to fetch!

Sources:

1. http://www.teleworkresearchnetwork.com/telecommuting-statistics

The following is a guest post by Amy Young. If you would like to write for this blog, please check out the guidelines here.

If you work from home, then you already know that you are one of the lucky ones. You don’t have to commute, you decide when you will work, and you can manage your time around your family’s activities. However, you may feel a little less motivated when you don’t have someone to answer to everyday, which could lead to serious problems with your business.

Staying motivated is critical when working from home, so here are a few tips that have worked for me and my home office.

Start Your Day Right

Think positive thoughts from the moment you wake up. Give yourself something to look forward to during your day and think of it the moment you open your eyes.

Get ready for your day as if you were going into an office. Take a shower, put on some nice cloths, and have a good breakfast. Working in your pajamas will only hurt your motivation, and a lack of food could affect your focus.

Before you even start to think about work, give yourself some time to prepare for your day. Take that time to sit, relax, and think positive thoughts about the work day ahead of you. Try not to start working with an “I don’t want to work today” attitude. Have a cup of coffee or tea, and give yourself some “me time” before you have to start working.

Find Your Work Space

Set aside one room or space where you will do your work and nothing else. If you use your couch or the dinner table, you could be more distracted. If you have a specific desk for your computer and always work from there, your mind will know that when you sit down it will be time to get to work.

Whatever you do, don’t lie in bed while working from home. Your bed should only be used for sleeping. Otherwise, you could have trouble falling asleep because your mind thinks the bed is a place to think about work.

Finally, keep your work space neat. A cluttered desk usually means a cluttered mind, which is very bad for focus and motivation. Decorate the room so it is aesthetically pleasing to you, but beware of decorations that may be distracting. Motivation will come when you keep your work space neat and simple.

Close the Door

This may seem like a small difference, but a closed door has a very specific meaning to you and your family. If your door is open, it could say that you don’t really want to work today, and you will consequently be less motivated. An open door will also tell your family that you are available to talk or play, when you really should be focusing on your work. Close your door and you will probably find you are less distracted.

Take a Break

Set a specific schedule and take frequent breaks during your work day. You may be able to stay on task for hours, but taking a break every now and then may help you with efficiency. You could even try taking a walk or doing some housework to break up your long work day.

If you stress about the amount of work you have to get done, try breaking up large projects into smaller tasks. These goals will seem more attainable, and it will be easier to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Know When to Stop

Start and stop working at the same time every day. People who work in an office all tend to end their day together, so they are able to feel the day wind down and find a time to stop and go home. When you work at home, you may find yourself answering one more email or making one more phone call until suddenly you realize that it’s almost time for bed and you didn’t get anything else accomplished that day. When you have a set schedule, you can tell yourself to focus and work really hard until your specific end time, and then you can be done for the day.

About the Author:

Amy Young is the author of articles like this one relating to business, marketing, and working from home. Her company’s mission is to educate others about credit resources and personal finance.

The following is a guest post by Laura Backes. If you would like to write for this blog, please check out the guidelines here.

Sometimes we get so caught up in how great an opportunity sounds that we don’t take a second to look at the bigger picture. Who wouldn’t want to make $1,000 a month for a mindless, menial task like stuffing envelopes or forwarding emails? But, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, right? So, how do you spot the scams from the legitimate money making opportunities?

1. Google It!

Whenever you type a company into Google, and it shows up on sites like ripoffreport.com or hotscams.com, that’s a pretty good indicator that it could be a scam. For instance, if you start to type in “Company Name” and the first results in Google are the sites just mentioned with that company name attached, you would be wise to check it out. Read reviews and find out what people are talking about and why they label it as a scam. Some are legitimate claims and are completely obvious, while others aren’t. Make your best judgment call.

2. Required to Pay a Start-up Fee

You shouldn’t have to pay to be a part of a company – they’re supposed to be paying you, not the other way around. Anything that requests that you pay a nominal fee to sign up as an affiliate should raise a red flag. Likewise, anything that requests that you send your banking information via email to verify your credit history and such (especially before you’ve even interviewed or spoken with a real person) should be an indicator that it probably isn’t a legitimate business.

Note: Some websites do require a one-time fee to join. These are membership sites that provide information on real work at home jobs, such as data entry or surveys. A small fee is required as it took the website owner/s a large amount of time to compile the information and resources that they’re providing. You’re paying for their time and instant access to the information that they collected in order to help you find an online job. Don’t mistake these as scams.

3. Job Posting is Vague

Any job listing that has a lot of grammatical and spelling errors, and doesn’t clearly state what you’ll be doing, should make you turn your head in the other direction. An authentic opportunity will care about the message they are sending out to potential employees. You should expect the same high level of professionalism from a potential employer as they expect from you as a potential employee.

4. Guaranteed Thousands of Dollars Immediately

Unless you were born with the Midas touch, get-rich-quick schemes rarely work. It’s unlikely that you’ll be making as much as salaried employees at a big firm just from stuffing envelopes, distributing flyers or allowing someone to put graphics on your car while promising that all you have to do is drive your regular routes (if that were the case, wouldn’t we all work from home and have cars with other people’s businesses on them? I know I would!).

5. “Asked” Not to Leave

Anytime you go to click out of a website of a potential employer and a pop-up comes up asking if you’re sure you want to leave or telling you that they’ll discount the start-up cost for you if you sign up now, should make you question the ethics of the company. While it’s usually not a scam, do you really want to be involved with a company that is obviously desperate? Take time to consider whether you want to work with them or not.

Obviously, not all work at home opportunities are scams. Obviously you can be quite successful at working from home, but you also have to be willing to put in the time, and anything guaranteeing little to no work on your part with massive financial rewards should set off warning bells in your head. It’s easy to get caught up in dollar signs and the idea of getting rich quick, but it also isn’t realistic. So, be smart, do your due diligence by researching the company, and always keep in mind that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. It may be a cliché, but it’s a cliché for a reason.

Author Bio:

This is a guest post from Laura Backes, who enjoys writing about all kinds of subjects and also topics related to internet providers in my area. You can reach her at: laurabackes8 @ gmail.com.

The following is a guest post by Scott Lindsay. If you would like to write for this blog, please check out the guidelines here.

The cost of health insurance is a deterrent for many people who would love to work from home. However, without it, the cost of medical treatment and hospitalization could spell financial ruin for many families. It is the single reason why at least one of the parents in a family looks for employment outside the home. The need has become compounded in recent years with the huge numbers of people who have been laid off from their jobs due to the recession.

If you have a home-based business, you can still enjoy the benefits and the peace of mind of having health insurance. This makes working from home so much easier. You have the benefit of knowing that you and your family have health coverage and you can stay at home with them doing what you love. Just as you purchase home and auto insurance from an insurance provider there are many insurance companies that have affordable private health insurance.

The first thing you should do is to check to see the type of coverage offered by the state in which you live for health coverage for home-based business owners. You can find this information on the state government website. Various insurance brokers can also point you in the right direction to be able to purchase what you need in coverage. In this way you will be able to find a health insurance policy that is tailored to meet your specific needs.

There are other benefits to using an insurance broker for finding health insurance coverage when you work at home. You can compare the various policies and the premiums associated with each one so that you can get what you need at the cheapest possible price.

Evaluate the various parts of the policy. If you are an unmarried male or if you are beyond child-bearing years, then you will not need to have any maternity benefits provided for in the coverage. If you don’t have any dependent children, this can also lower the cost of the premiums. By choosing the highest level of deductible that you can afford, you will also be able to find very affordable health care coverage.

A health savings account is another option for those who want to work from home. If you enroll in such a program you can have monies available to pay for medical attention when you need it. This type of plan is not really health insurance. It is a type of savings account into which you make regular payments. Then you can withdraw money that you need if, and when, the time comes. It is not the best option, but at least you will have money for medical expenses.

If you are in good health, you will not have any difficulty being able to purchase health insurance for you and your family. You can also purchase a policy if you have any pre-existing medical conditions without having to pay any exorbitant premiums. You can have these conditions excluded from the policy.

Check to see if you qualify for Medicaid. If you have been laid off from your job where you did have health insurance, you may still be able to have health insurance under COBRA. Under this program you can keep your existing health benefits for about 18 months after you are laid off as long as the company still has at least 20 employees.

It certainly is possible to have the needed health insurance coverage for those who have work at home jobs. By searching online you will be able to find the insurance providers that sell such policies and you can do comparison shopping to get the best one for your needs.

About the Author:

Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur and has been making a living online for over 12 years. He has been totally free from the 9 to 5 rat race since 1998 and enjoys every moment of it! You can contact Scott at: http://howtoearnmoney101.com/

The following is a guest post by Patricia Garza. If you would like to write for this blog, please check out the guidelines here.

If you’ve worked at home at any point in your life, then you are probably overly familiar with the your-friends-and-family-don’t-take-you-seriously phenomenon. It seems as though no matter how long I worked from home, nor how much money I made, my loved ones always thought I was somehow unemployed, a bum, and couldn’t be taken seriously. Of course, working from home and earning a comfortable income is still a rarity, but it is such a rarity that I can almost understand why it is looked down upon to not have a 9-to-5 fixed work schedule in an office. The worst part of your social circle not taking you seriously is that they won’t leave you alone. Here are a few ways to deal with problems with this phenomenon that I have just described:

1. Establish an Office-Looking Home Office

One reason that my family and friends did not take my job seriously was because I did not have an office space per se. My office was usually my bed or my couch, and when I decided to finally clear my tiny desk of soda cans and scraps of paper, I’d occasionally work there. The best thing I did for both my productivity and for my reputation among friends and family was to set up a separate room in my home that looked exactly an office in a real office building. I had the big swivel desk chair, the plant on my desk, a stack of business cards held by a card holder, and even a name plate on my desk. Of course, the name plate was more of a gag, but you get the picture.

2. Set Up an Answering Machine or Voicemail that Sounds Professional

Since you work from home, there will inevitably be times when you receive phone calls in your “office” that are not of a personal rather than a professional nature. I began by taking these calls, but eventually I stopped. If it were really important, they would leave a message on my voice mail, the recording of which was me in my most professional-sounding voice. If it isn’t an emergency, do not call back until your work is finished.

3. Set a Strict Lunch Hour

Long and erratic lunches are usually a luxury reserved for us work-at-homers. But when your friends and family find out this little secret, especially stay-at-home moms and retired folks, they will want to bug you for coffee and lunch dates throughout the day. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with indulging in a nice break ever so often, but it is a better idea, for both your productivity and your sense of professionalism, that you set a lunch hour, say from 12 to 1, and you stick to it. If you go a little over or under, that’s fine, but if you leave yourself open to friends and family taking advantage of your work time, you can kiss your productivity goodbye.

4. Say No To Errands

Since most of the world does not work at home, these poor creatures do not have much time to run those pesky, afternoon errands until the weekend rolls around. While you can pick up your dry-cleaning whenever you feel like it, you can get that grocery shopping trip during low-traffic times, your office counterparts must rush home after work to get these tasks done, or else wait. Once your friends and family find out that you can run errands, believe me, you will become a veritable errand boy or girl. Although at first I was more than happy to help, after awhile I was not getting anything done. Now, I take others’ errands on a case-by-case basis. How long will it take? How important is it? Can it be accomplished before or after the hours I usually work. Of course, this means that you will have to learn to say no, which took me quite some time and effort.

Of course, this list may seem a bit harsh, considering you want to do spend as much time with loved ones as possible, and you want to be able to help them when you can. After all, that’s why many of us decided to ditch the office environment and work from home, right? At the same time, however, establishing flexible rules with your social circle will help enormously in so many aspects of your work and social life. Your friends might even begin thinking you have a real job.

About the Author:

Patricia Garza writes about gadget, technology, design, social media, and e-learning related articles at online university rankings.

We got our first official snowfall here a couple of days ago, and with temperatures hovering around the mid-30′s, Winter is definitely here. I really don’t mind this time of year; although, I certainly like the warmer times of year better.

Now that it’s December, it’s time for another blog post roundup. November proved to be a rather busy month, and December is going to be just as busy as I prepare for the new year. Exciting things to come for sure.

What are you doing to prepare for the new year?

While you’re thinking about it, take a look at last month’s blog posts and see if you missed any. Be sure to leave a comment on any posts you’ve found helpful.

November’s Blog Posts on ReplaceYourSalary.com

HiveDesk – Discover this Revolutionary Automated Tool for Your Outsourcing Needs

Work at Home Business Expo – Nov. 13th – 14th

Working From Home? Here are 4 Bad Habits to Avoid

Niche Site Update

NOW is the Time to Sell on eBay?

Black Friday Web Hosting Sale & My Personal Bonus – The sales have ended, but my bonus is good for a lifetime, so if you need hosting or are looking to switch hosting providers, be sure to check out this post.

6 Reasons Why You Should Have a Blogging Partner

My Interview on The Lynn Johnson Motivational Radio Show

Other Blog Posts from Around the Web

These posts are in no particular order…

The first post comes from Onibalusi, who talks about quitting when your so close to success. It’s a good read for those who feel like quitting or have ever felt like quitting their online business or other endeavor.

If you’ve ever been curious if a particular website has been blacklisted for any reason, Daniel Scocco provides a great resource to check if a website is blacklisted. There are many reasons why bloggers or webmasters would want to do this, so I recommend checking this out.

Ana Hoffman provides a simple, 5 minute process for turning articles into videos. Video marketing is huge, and any extra exposure you can get with your articles is a plus. This is very easy to do, so check out the post to find out how.

Garry Conn offers some great tips on how to use Google Insights to find out the hidden amount of traffic and mystery numbers of searches for keywords. Definitely worth checking out to increase your overall traffic to your site/blog.

Satrap guest posts on Technshare and shares 5 reasons to consider affiliate marketing. As an affiliate marketer myself, I can certainly relate to this article.

That concludes the roundup for this month. Be sure to check out the posts here as I know you’ll find them useful and beneficial for your own endeavors.

Leave Your Thoughts

Now, back to the question.

What are you doing to prepare for the new year?

Leave your answer or share your thoughts below…

With industries downsizing, jobs being outsourced, and many individuals finding themselves out of work, there has been a surge in the home business industry. It’s no wonder, too, with many more opportunities available to those looking to stray from the norm.

Working at home owning your own business can be more of a reality than many realize, but fortunately, many are realizing that this is true and jumping on the home business bandwagon.

If you find yourself in the middle of looking for a job and happen to live in the Los Angeles, CA area, there’s an opportunity this coming weekend you don’t want to overlook.

Work at Home Business Expo

November 13th and 14th, the Fairplex Expo Center at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds is holding a Home Business Expo for anyone that has ever considered a home based business but have been hesitant to invest without meeting representatives from the company face-to-face.

The fear of getting scammed has many reluctant to ever get started with a home business opportunity of any kind, online and offline. I know this to be true as I get emails every now and then from people claiming their fears and not knowing who to trust. It’s a shame because there are many legitimate companies out there that are adamant about helping people, rather than scamming them.

My goal with this site and blog is to reassure people that yes, you can make money online or offline with your own home business.

That’s the purpose of this Expo as well. People are still worried about the economy, and if you’re looking to spend more time with your family or work around the tough economic conditions, there are a variety of work at home plans that could fit your needs.

What You’ll Find at the Expo

The featured Keynote speaker is Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who is a long-time supporter of Home Based Business Opportunities. Laura will be attending the event to give key advice to attendees who either already have an at-home business or are looking to start.

The first 100 people that visit Dr. Laura’s table will receive a complimentary copy of one of her books.

Seminars

Saturday seminars include:

• “Succeeding Online” with Joe Martinico
• “Building Your Business Through Greater Customer Retention” with Jay Deubler
• “Master the Principles of Selling” with Ursula Mentjes; “Effective Networking & Referral Marketing” with Laura Bruno
• “Choose the Best Home Business for You” with Kurt Inagaki
• “Funding your Freedom Dreams” with Mindy Schinnerer

Sunday seminars include:

• “The 5 Basic Keys to Successfully Starting Your Own Business” by Mia Moore
• “Small Business and Social Media” by John Chalverus
• “How to Choose the Right Network Marketing Company” by Renee Kim
• “My Trade America” with Steve Halen

Admissions is $10 or $8 advance online, and children 12 and under are free. The admission fee can be applied to an investment in a Home Based Business program, product, or service with participating exhibitors making the event entirely free to the public.

Their Mission: “To put Americans back to work by empowering each of us to control our own professional destiny through a home based business model”

For more information about the Expo, you should visit www.wahbexpo.com.

Now, if you can’t make it to the Expo or don’t happen to live in the Los Angeles area like myself, but you’re still interested in starting your own online home business, here are a list of opportunities that I’ve found to be legitimate and worth looking into:

• SFI
• Become a Home Transcriptionist Today
• Project Payday – U.S. only
• Flip Switch Profits
• Build a Money-Making Blog
• SiteBuiltIt!
• AshMax
• Online Data Entry Jobs
• MAPS
• PIPS

Some of the opportunities are similar in nature, while others are unique in their own way. In any case, there should be something there that will fit your interest. If not, let me know!

“Some say opportunity knocks only once. That is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.” ~  Louis L’Amour

One of my readers prompted me to write about the use of forums in marketing your work from home web site or products/services that you offer. Believe it or not, forums can provide terrific targeted traffic as well as long-term natural search engine traffic.

I’ve always been a fan of forums. They provide an enormous wealth of information that is completely free. You can get any question answered by those more experienced. These two benefits alone are well worth the time of getting involved in forums.

An even bigger benefit that some overlook is the marketing aspect that forum participation can bring. The marketing doesn’t come from your posts, but instead from your forum signature. This aspect, that is built into most if not all forums, is not used to its full potential.

Forum signatures should be designed to grab the attention of other forum members who read your posts. This can be tricky as you usually have limited space to create a signature, but it can be done.

A forum signature usually consists of your favorite links to websites that you want to share with others. These can also be your own websites, and that’s what this post is going to focus on.

Here’s an example of one of my signatures… http://www.warriorforum.com/members/alan-mater.html. Click on the About Me tab and scroll down till you see the Signature section.

Notice how every website or web page contains a phrase that is hyperlinked to go to the corresponding URL. For instance, I have Professional Proofreading Services linked to go to http://www.replaceyoursalary.com/proofreading.html.

The mistake I see many make is that they ignore the keyword aspect of forum signatures and just enter the URL for their website, and sometimes they don’t even have it hyperlinked! That’s fine if you’re focusing on direct traffic from the forum, but you’re missing out on the larger aspect of natural search engine traffic.

Note: Most forums have different signature rules and require specific code in order to create hyperlinked text. Be sure you know what is required when setting up your signature, otherwise it won’t turn out right.

You see, using keywords in your signature links will create backlinks to the web pages those links link to for your given keyword phrase and also boost those pages rankings in the search engines. This will create long-term search traffic, which should be your ultimate goal.

Forum participation is a great way to get your name and business or work from home web site noticed by others. But, you want to get noticed by the right kind of people. What I mean is that you want to pick forums that are related to what your business or web site offers. You want your direct traffic to be as targeted as possible.

The last MUST is providing value when posting in forums. This will ensure you get noticed and bring more clickthroughs of your signature links. Below I’ll provide a list of forums I actively post in that are related to the Internet Marketing and Work From Home niche and get a great deal of traffic from…

Warrior Forum

Conquer Your Niche

Entrepreneur Forums

Work At Home Forum

Alright, now get to work and start getting involved in forums!

I personally believe we do a dis-service to the industry and ourselves if we openly state…or even allude…that NWM is easy. It’s not. Nor is any business…. work at home or brick & mortar. Anyone who does say different is not being wholly truthful. I find that to be a shame.

NWM requires 3 main ingredients….time, effort, and yes – money. Time is just a matter of redirecting your habits. Not easy but doable. Time directly impacts your efficiency. Effort is entirely controllable by the individual…. and directly impacts your effectiveness. Money is self limiting and directly affects both efficiency and effectiveness. An individual must find the best combination of the three that works for them. Someone else can’t tell you what that combination is….but can help you find it (for example a good sponsor).

The new mlmer faces a daunting task…and competition…when it comes to “advertising”. Finding that “best combination” of time, effort, and money is a growth experience. Rarely will it just appear… education (self and provided) plus mentoring (if available) are important factors and hopefully a fact of life. However, “advertising” is not impossible.

In my mind advertising is just whatever method you choose to “reach” people. It might be the traditional newspaper or ezine ad or the simple greeting and sharing with a friend. How you “advertise” or “share” can take many forms.

There are free and inexpensive methods that do work. It’s a matter of finding those that work for you.

For example:

1. Writing and submitting ezine articles is an excellent method. It requires time & effort…but no money. The benefits include increased link popularity for the url used in your sig box (important for search engine ranking), branding, and reach (you can “reach” more with an article than an ezine ad). Plus it’s viral. Often your article is archived by publishers and directories…..available well after it was originally offered. Plus publishers and web masters will often “pick up” your article…again well after you originally submitted it.

2. Business cards are always a good method…and more inexpensive than one realizes. You can even make your own. Just pass them out like candy….stores, church, ball games, local events, restaurants (leave 1 with your bill), businesses you frequent, networking meetings, local Chamber Of Commerce. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination.

3. Flyers, posters, post cards, brochures, etc. can also be done very inexpensively. You can make your own on your PC or purchase custom or ready made templates from numerous online providers. You could even strike up a joint venture with a local community provider. They print it for you and include their “advert” somewhere…you distribute. You both win, you pay less, and maybe influence that partner to be involved in your business.

4. Web decals on your vehicle(s) is another inexpensive method. I have one on each of our family cars (back window) with a short “catch line” and my url. Cost was ~ $40 each but the visibility is priceless.

5. Newspaper/magazine ads can be found that aren’t going to cost an arm and a leg. Local publications are a good place to start. http://nationwidenewspapers.com is an excellent source. For some of my services I’ve found College student newspapers and alumni magazines to be good performers.

These are just a few examples.

Of course there are the traditional ezine ads, leads programs, Forum participation (sig line – branding reputation), search engines, “3 foot rule”, etc. Most of these will cost you money…all will cost you time & effort.

The key I believe is in being creative and sticking to what best fits your time, effort, money combination. It is and should be a personal choice. If the dollar “cost” doesn’t give you the dollar “value” you hope for…. keep looking. But don’t EVER give up.

Plus… diversify. Use multiple methods. Why limit yourself to just “one path”?

Should we just sponsor those willing to waste $1,000′s on advertising? Heck no!! We should sponsor anyone interested and teach them how to advertise in a manner best suited for them. Don’t mislead them with false expectations or pressure them into uncomfortable actions. Lead them to solutions which best fit their expectations & abilities (time, effort, money).

John Milton Fogg’s answer to the question is priceless……”It is simple, but it isn’t easy.”

Captures it pretty well I’d say. That’s the message. It’s not hard to understand…should/is fun…..but does take some effort.

Sending any message to prospects that denies effort is involved or necessary….misleads folks into becoming part of the “failed or quit” statistics.

It leads to false expectations.

They start to think they can sit on the couch with beer & potato chips watching Oprah on TV all day….and the money will roll in by itself.

Lays, Coronas, and Dr. Phil aren’t going to build your business.

YOU are.

In my mind (OK…my opinion)….that’s the core of any message they should receive.

If you really care…that’s what you’ll tell them.

Be honest….

What do YOU think????

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There’s little doubt that we’re in a recession. Thousands of people are losing their jobs, the financial sector has been hit hard, stocks have plummeted and unemployment is at its record high.

It’s a pretty scary time right now for many families. Finances are getting tight, and it’s sometimes hard just to get by. What’s worse is that it’s only going to get worse. I’m not trying to scare you, though. There is GOOD news that comes from this.

Even though people are losing their jobs and the state of the economy is in bad shape, there is still hope. Many are finding refuge with a work from home opportunity, earning a part or full-time income from home. There are numerous work at home ideas available to anyone that is looking to work from home. The problem for many is taking the time to research and sift through them all.

That’s where we come in. We have already taken the time to research and provide you only the best in legitimate and honest work at home opportunities. The easy part has already been taken care of for you.

The hard part now is deciding whether or not you’re willing to gamble with your current job. Hundreds of thousands of people are forced to find other employment. The problem is that not very many companies are hiring. How are all of these individuals going to provide for their families?

Don’t think it couldn’t happen to you. That’s if it hasn’t already. Now’s the time to be thinking about your future. There is a recession-proof cure, and it lies within the many legitimate work from home opportunities and within those that are willing to defend themselves and their family. Take the first step today in securing your future.