Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Yes! You Can Be A Success In Your Home Based Business

by
Gail Casseus

"I have learned over time that this is your work and you are doing it to generate income, so always treat it seriously, it is a real business."

When you start working from home it is no easy feat to master, unless you are proficient in business and computers it is very difficult to do alone.

I personally have several mentors that help me in different areas of my business. A mentor can help you stay focused, come up with new ideas and generally just be of support.

If you feel you cannot afford a mentor at this time and would like to have the benefits of having one, something like an Entrepreneur's club might be for you.

First and foremost you must be consistent, I cannot stress this enough. This is where too many people fall short, fail and give up.

You must be consistent in your everyday activities in order to grow your business. Set up a schedule for advertising, for contacting clients, website review/ improvements and self-improvement/education and stick to it.

Next you must set up your goals, you have to determine your daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals and put it down on paper. Goals are essential, this is where you want to put down what it is you want to have and what you have to do to get it.

An example of a goal is the amount of income you want to generate per month, using your current program how many referrals or products do you have to generate/sell to reach your goal. Then you must list the actions necessary to accomplish this.

These elements are necessary in any online business, but the number one key ingredient to true success online is having your own domain. Having your own domain is like owning a piece of real estate online, having your own domain gives you the freedom to change your site at will and reap 100% of any monetary gains made by your domain.

These are a few of my personal domain names:

Assetsurge.com

Andgifts.com