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DWWD Blog contains articles about website design and development. If you have any questions about website design and/or development, please post a comment or use the ‘Contact Me’ form. I will try to answer as many questions as possible. If you would like more information about Internet Marketing, check out my newsletter blog at http://DWWDNewsletter.com. In addition to hosting, a domain name, etc., you may need the following legal licenses and documentation if your business is located in the United States. Please Note: ALWAYS contact a legal authority concerning your legal obligations, regardless of where you live. 4. Home Occupation Permit – A Home Occupation Permit is issued by a municipality to allow residents the opportunity to conduct a business and/or provide professional services out of their home, provided the use is clearly incidental or secondary to the use of the home for residential purposes. Before you can start your own Internet business, one of the first things that you will need to do is to set aside a place where you can work that is free of distractions. Ideally this would be a separate room but that may not be practical for everyone. In which case, you should set aside a secluded area that is as far away as possible from your family’s normal activities. You will also need a computer, a printer, a desk, a comfortable chair, an Internet connection, and a bathroom close by. You may also need a phone if you conduct any business over the telephone. You will then have everything you need until you take your SCHEDULED breaks. Don’t depend on the glow from your monitor for your lighting. You will need good lighting in order to see what you are reading or writing. If you don’t have any windows or your windows do not provide adequate light, invest in full spectrum light bulbs which simulate sunlight. You will also need a filing cabinet to organize your important papers. You may also want to invest in drawer organizers, etc. to keep smaller items organized. If you can’t find something, you will waste a lot of time searching so you want to make sure everything is organized and in easy reach of your desk. Remember the old saying: “A place for everything and everything in its place”. One thing that many new entrepreneurs forget when setting up their home office is a bulletin board or a dry erase board. Here you can post important messages, write down ideas as they occur to you, etc. This is also a great place to post your daily to-do list as it will be easily visible. You may even want to post a motivational quote or two, a picture of your dream house or car, or pictures of places you would like to travel to. Something to remember is that you are ‘at work’ in this area so you should make sure that every distraction is taken care of. This means there should be no television or radio in the same area as your office space. If you have preschool age children, you should hire someone to look after them if you are working while they are awake. This may seem strange since you are working at home, but would you take a baby into your office with you? Of course not nor would your boss allow it. If your children are school age and old enough to understand, let them know that you are working, and that they should not disturb you unless it’s an emergency. If they are too young to understand this, have someone watch them after school. This may seem like an unnecessary expense, but if you are talking to a client on the phone, they won’t take you seriously if they hear a crying baby in the background, or children fighting. You want to make yourself seem as professional as you can so that people know they can trust you. Ideally, you should have a separate phone line and number just for your business. However, if that is not possible, you must let your relatives, friends and neighbors know that you are not available to chat on the phone during your normal business hours. It would be a good idea to get caller ID if available from your phone company. This way, you can screen your calls and only answer when necessary. Alternatively, use an answering machine and let it go to record. If the call is business related or something important, you can always pick up and answer. You will also want to let everyone know that they cannot just drop by for a visit when you are working. And if someone does ring your doorbell, don’t get up and answer. You may want to post a “No Solicitors” sign to discourage salespeople from knocking on your door. How to Add an Avatar to Blog Comments and Forum Posts 5 Tips For Affiliate Marketers How To Write Emails That Keep People On Your List learning-a-question-of-survival/” target=”_blank”> Life-Long Learning a Question of Survival 4 Things That Cause 99% Of All Online Business Failure Did you know that since the beginning of civilization until 2003, 5 exabytes (EB) of information was created? Just think about how much information that is; 1 EB= 1073741824 GB. That’s over 1 billion GBs! Did you know that nowadays, that same amount of information (5 EB or over 5 billion GBs) is created every 48 hours? No wonder you are constantly being bombarded with more information than you can possibly ever process, resulting in information overload. According to Wikipedia, the general causes of information overload include: Every day multiple new products are launched with sales letters written to entice you to purchase this latest, greatest marketing program or that e-book. How many of these products have you purchased? And, how many are collecting virtual dust on your hard drive? And if you do read every product you purchase, you will find that this product says to do this while another product says you need to do that in order to be successful. No wonder you become bogged down with information overload. So the first thing you need to do to overcome information overload is to stop buying every new product that comes along. Before purchasing any product, ask yourself if you will use the product within the next two days. If the answer is no, then chances are you will never use it. This also includes “free” reports you have downloaded. Usually in order to receive one of these reports, you need to join someone’s list. Will you read that report within 48 hours? Do you need to join yet another list? If the answer is no, do you really need another report taking up space on your hard drive? NLP 101: Calibrate Your Decisions NLP 101: Recalibrate Often NLP 101: You’ve got to see it to see it If you have been thinking of starting an on-line business, you’ve probably already seen ads, sales pages and emails promoting numerous ways that you can become filthy rich practically overnight, with little or no work involved. Well, if it was as easy as what these marketers claim, everybody would be doing it and everybody would be rich! Most of these are scams and the only one that makes any money off of these is the scammer. Again, remember the old saying “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”. Before deciding on an on-line opportunity, be sure to do some research before parting with your hard-earned money. Here are some things you may want to check: 7 Resources That Will Help You Make $100 A Day Online 6 Sources For Ready Made Content For Your Blog Organizing Your Hard Drive — Part I Organizing Your Hard Drive — Part II If you want to be a successful Internet marketer, you need to be creative. But in order to be creative, you need to first believe that you are creative. If you tell yourself that you are not creative, then you won’t be because you’ve convinced yourself that you don’t “have a creative bone in your body”. But training yourself to be creative is no different from training yourself to do anything. You need to learn techniques that will help you develop creative thoughts and then you need to practice these techniques. At the same time, you must keep your mind open to numerous ideas even if some of them seem ridiculous. So how do you train your mind to be creative? 1. You need to listen instead of just hearing – Listening and hearing are two different things. Listening is when you pay attention to what is being said instead of just hearing words. It is important to listen to your customers and prospects in order to create products they want and will therefore purchase. 2. Brainstorming – Brainstorming is a great way to generate creative ideas. To brainstorm, get a piece of paper and write down whatever comes to mind. If nothing pops into your brain, write that down too. Keep writing down every thought you have no matter what it is. Then go back and expand on each thought. If you do this for thirty minutes every day, you will find that your creative juices flow easier over time. 3. Join a mastermind group – One reason to join a mastermind group is so that you can bounce ideas off one another which will create even more ideas. 4. Replace the negative with a positive – Whenever you want to do something but you think you can’t, write down what you think you can’t do. Then write down three or more reasons why and how you can do it. Before long, your brain will be trained to think positively. 5. Always be prepared – Keep a pen and notepad with you at all times. Whenever an idea pops into your mind, write it down. 6. Constantly learn about new things – You mind will naturally think about new things you learn which may trigger creative thoughts. So the more things you learn about, the more creative you will become. 7. Analyze your competition – Look at what your competition is doing. You may get an idea on how to improve on what it is they are doing differently than you. 8. Evaluate yourself – Write down all of your weaknesses. Then write down how you can overcome them. 9. Always ask questions – When you are not in a creative state of mind, look at the problem and ask questions in order to solve it. You may want to ask yourself what you can change, what needs to be changed and why, how to change it, etc. 10. Exercise your brain – Exercise your brain by solving crossword puzzles, doing brain tease puzzles such as Sudoku puzzles, etc. 11. Exercise your body – If your mind is in a fog, go for a 15 minute walk. Your mind will clear and be open to new ideas. The BEST Permalink Structure for WordPress Blogging for SEO: Does Authenticity Really Matter? What Is The Market Willing To Buy? THREE TACTICS TO GUARANTEE YOU MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR BLOG |
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