There are many reasons why we decide on Doing Business From Home and chief among them is so we can be the B0ss. Now I say ‘Chief’ because regardless of all the other reasons and whether we even list it or not, when you’re Doing Business From Home, YOU, are the Boss. So whatever the Boss did or does at your last or present job; you are the person who does it now. We often think of our Bosses or person(s)-in-charge, in very unflattering ways and we swear they don’t know their butts from a hole in the ground. Well guess what, you now have you chance to show and strut your stuff. Are you scared yet? No? Good. The decision you have made and the actions you have taken to implement your goal of Doing Business From Home, is bold, cutting edge, adventurous and bound to be rewarding as well as commendable.
You will need help though and never lose sight of the fact that the task is not easy. One of the first lesson for me was when I realized that I knew so very little about the subject matter. That is to say that while I made the decision to do business from home, I was only opening the door to more learning, long hours and sleepless night. There were many who promised asssistance but were merely going to the bank with my meager dollars. There were even time when I had doubts about my choice of Doing Business From Home, and certainly I ended relationships with more than one company prematurely. But I held on and finally made contact with what I consider to be the Perfect Business Companion. Am I where I want to be? No. Do I know where I am going? Yes? I write these post hoping to let you who are Doing Business From Home, know that I have the utmost respect for you and I along with some wonderful people I have met, are willing to assist you meet your goals.
These folks that I refer to now as my Associates, are engaged in Internet Marketing and have been for many years. They now what works and what doesn’t and there is not a question that I ask that does not get answered. The company we are in, is a work of genius and I certainly invite you to have a look at what is offered and let me tell you the whole story. Find out why I use the term The Perfect Business Companion. After I describe all of the tools you will need to do business on the Internet, I will give you access to all of those tools for 30 days free use. I will let you use our video library and you can attend 20 plus hours of online training in our moderated conference rooms. You don’t need a credit card to do this just a little time to learn.
Recently, my friend Allen M., sent me an email that I found so interesting, I wanted to share it with everyone here. You are probably wondering why? Well, just let me tell you.
As one who works online helping others do business, there is an extra added concern for good health practices, or at least, I believe perhaps there should be. If you are on such a good time management schedule , that you balance work and pleasure with proper interjections of good eating and exercise; move away, as you do not need to be here reading this.
For many of us mortals, in spite of our best intentions, we focus on work and less on everything else. We have lately also tried to turn from fatty snacks to healthier alternatives such as fruit. Now hopefully after reading this, you will be able to embrace a much better outlook on the process and really start to do things that benefit you as well as your business as you take on new attitudes about what is good for both. If you have family, they too will reap rewards from the spillover effect of your actions and behavioral changes.
I wish to address the eating of fruit as a wonderful way to improve our business outlooks as we also improve the way we look at ourselves.
We generally think eating fruits means just buying, cutting and popping it into our mouths. It’s not as easy as you think. It’s important to know how, as well as when to eat fruit..
What is the correct way of eating fruits?
Do Not eat fruits after your meals. Fruits should be eaten on an empty stomach. If you eat fruits like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD. Let’s say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so, by the bread.
In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.
So please eat your fruits on an emptystomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining; every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat fruit my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc; actually, all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence (as stated above) you will bloat!
Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes will NOT happen if you eat fruits on an empty stomach.
There is no truth that some fruits, like oranges and lemons are acidic, while others are not acidic. Truth is, all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice – drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don’t even drink juice that has been heated or eat cooked fruits because you will not receive the nutrients, as they vanish with the cooking/heating process. All you will get is the taste, smell and maybe the color of what it was. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.
But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!
Now let’s look at some fruits with a little special kick:
KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.
APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavanoids which enhance the activity of vitamin C, thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.
ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Eating 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.
WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher.. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene – the cancer fighting antioxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.
GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.
So there you have it, a brief on the power of fruits and how their consumption can benefit you and your business and help you improve it all. You are the critical element to how well your business functions and it does not take a genius to know, that the better you are, the better everything else will get.
As we at 12 Second Commute, are business builders, we deem it imperative that all avenues to business success are addressed in a manner befitting their importance. There are no shortcuts to success, however, the experience of others, provide invaluable lessons.
Finally, I am not a physician and make no claim to any special degrees or medical practitioner qualifications. What I write here makes sense to me and is IMHO, worthy of passing along to those who read here.
Considering there was a recent time when I had no idea what an autoresponder was or did, to now, being fully comfortable using one, I truly wonder how I ever did without it; I have come a long way. If you are one who does business on the internet or is somehow engaged in corresponding with large and/or growing numbers of people online, may I suggest you look into using an autoresponder as well?
The choices in autoresponders are as varied as the stars above and the same can be said for their quality and cost/price, which range from free to expensive. As one who is on a tight budget, I stay as close to free as possible while checking the quality button also.
The Autoresponder I use is from a company with which I have a business affiliation and is known 12 Second Commute. Rest assured that all of the money angles were checked and rechecked. This checking was important because as I previously mentioned, there are even some free autoresponders available.
I learned that some of the free and less expensive autoresponders are emblazoned with various forms of advertising and the only name I want to advertise is Olson Rogers and the company or product I want to message about. So having a commercial-free autoresponder was important.
I also wanted an auto responder that was easy to use since I am not an internet whiz like some of the younger folks of today. I did not want to turn completely gray while I attempted to decipher a set of complex instructions.
I was more than pleased by what I found in terms of tools and resources available from 12 Second Commute. In addition to their autoresponder being commercial-free, there were no restrictions of any kind and it was a part of a total tools package that I or anyone, would need to work from home. I also discovered that; there was a video training library of unimaginable scope, live moderated online training at least four nights a week and a user’s forum on Skype. Oh yes, I could also use the total system for 30 days, absolutely free. Even after the trial period, with the total package considered, no other autoresponder offer came close to the 12 Second Commute offer. So I signed up and now, I am a Happy Camper.
So, if you are in need of an autoresponder for whatever you are doing from your computer, I would certainly recommend you take the 30 days free trial offered by 12 Second Commute and give it your best test to see if it will meet your needs. The bonus for you will be not only the resounding ‘yes’ conclusion from your tests, but the additional benefits from all the other tools in this total package.
Recently while attempting to absorb new knowledge factors from around the ether, I came across a question that caused me to stop ‘graveyard dead’ in my tracks. And while the stop only lasted long enough for me to reread the question, I believe it is worthy of mentioning here and even more importantly, how you should be prepared to answer, should the question be posed to you.
I believe that one should always be prepared to answer questions about their business. Having said that, let me be clear that I don’t mean; chomping-at-the-bit, ready to answer or blurting out the answer like a proud school kid. I mean prepared to respond appropriately to any given situation because; you are actively listening at all times and even though you may not have uttered a single word, you are in total control of the one person who counts and yep, you are right, that person is you. Nobody can MAKE you say anything you may regret, as long as you maintain control of your tongue. Know your product in and out, up and down, know yourself the same way and you are almost there. You should also know people like to make other people squirm. If person ‘A’ can put you on the defensive immediately, then person ‘A’, wins and is in control and most people seek to be in control. You have the ultimate power however, by your decision to be controlled or to be controlling. As the purveyor of a good or service, you must learn the difference and use it to your advantage and hence feed your family and reach your goals. This is not a mean game, to most people, it is just the way things are. Understand it and move forward.
Now, what was that Question? “Why should I buy from you when I can buy from your competition at a cheaper price? That’s it. The nerve of it. So here is how I came up with my response. I am an affiliate owner of 12 Second Commute, the most complete online business package on the market today. A program built on 1o years of research and development that includes the tool and resources to get any business onto the internet with minimum effort and personal frustration. Then I thought about what exactly is offered and I mentally listed the following:
12 Second Commute includes all the following tools and resources in one easy to use account. We give you the convenience of having everything necessary to succeed in one place so you are not wasting your precious time and money bouncing all over the Internet to run your business.
Autoresponder—You simply must have an Autoresponder if you are going to succeed, but you also need a reliable, powerful and easy to use AR and that is just what you will get with 12SC. Please note that you cannot import any leads into the AR as that will only produce spam. However those who succeed online, don’t waste their money buying useless leads anyway and with our online videos and conferences we will show you exactly how to build a quality and responsive list using the only AR you will ever need.
Ad and Link Tracker—Do you know which ads and links are getting you the best results? Do you know where your hits to your site(s) come from? With the ad and link tracker in 12SC, you will be able to track pages, sites, URL’s and more. You will get easy to use reports which will allow you to only advertise in places that give you the best results. Plus, you will be able to cloak any link you want so you never have to worry about losing affiliate commissions again. The ad tracker is the second must have tool if you are going to succeed online.
URL Rotator—This amazing tool will allow you to promote multiple products, services and programs with one link which will save you time and money in advertising. It is also a great way to help your downline build their business which in turn ensures your business is built faster and with less effort. Time and money are the 2 things everyone wants more of and this third must have tool in 12SC will get you more of both.
Capture Page Creator—This is another must have tool if you want to get out of the rat race and work from home. You must have the ability to easily create and maintain your capture pages and you must do this without having to learn HTML, Java or any of those other nasty 4 letter words. With the capture page creator in 12SC, you will be able to build your own capture page(s) or use one of the many templates setup in your account.
Contact Manager—Building a list is great and necessary but if you don’t keep in touch with your prospects and clients, you will never reach the top. Having a world class contact manager solves this issue and since the contact manager in 12SC will be automatically tied into your Autoresponder, your job is simply a matter of managing prospects and clients instead of having them manage you.
Program Builder—This nifty service will allow you to quickly and easily get your downline on the same page as you without them having to do anything but sign up to 12SC with you. Regardless of the product, program or service you are promoting, you set this up one time and as you grow your business, your clients will be able to easily duplicate your success.
As Zig Ziglar says, “You can have anything in life you want if you just help enough other people get what they want” Other people want to succeed too, but they have no idea where to start. With the downline builder, this will never be a problem again because this tool will duplicate your prospecting process with just a few clicks of the mouse. Nothing can be simpler and nothing is more powerful.
Training Center for Newbie’s—It is easy to tell someone how to tie their shoes, but nearly impossible for them to follow you. This is why 12SC will have the Training Center for Newbie’s. This area of the site will show people how to do everything from copying and pasting to advertising and selling online.
Then I remembered, 12 Second Commute ,has no competitors, so it would have been a complete waste of personal energy and resources to have given this question an inappropriate blurt or emotional retort. I would have blown all possibilities of conversion and friendship. These are also the lessons one learns from association with the type of business professionals who moderate the training at 12 Second Commute. So stop wasting your valuable time and money, on half assed attempts to help you do business. Click on the hyperlink here 12 Second Commute and let our team show you what it is like to be a shonuf winner.
On Sunday, December 6, 2009, I added yet another title to the long list of things; small and large, that have become noteworthy to me, if to no one, else, during my lifetime. “I survived an Earthquake”. What is different about this one is why I am talking and writing about it, two (2) days later? Usually, it would have been forgotten a few minutes beyond it’s occurrence. We did have two earthquakes back in April 2009. I was sitting then, right where I am now, here at my computer; hunting and pecking (I call it typing) away at one of many business projects. When ‘The Quake’ started I instantly thought I was having a brain eruption over my latest advertising idea, but alas, it was not to be.
The people whose job it is to measure earthquakes, reported to us that our baby was just that, a baby, compared to some of the more menacing quakes. It measured 3.2, on the Richter Scale, which establishes a standard of earth movement internationally. It was over in an instant.
It is the thought however, of my ability or inability to react in that instant, that is the basis of what I am writing here. Folks don’t normally like to dwell too long on unpleasant subjects or situations they cannot control. I just want you however to think on this for just a moment. If you have never experienced an earthquake, this will rely heavily on your imagination; if you have, you will probably be able to lend even more insight to what I am about to lay-out.
In less time than it takes to turn 180 degrees in a swivel chair, an earthquake had happened and was over. It’s impact had been felt over five (5) rural counties in central Georgia, that is home to roughly 140,000 people. It was a small quake and no damage was reported and that is a very good thing. This is however, where the “just suppose (es)’, begin. My main one is; Just suppose it had been a larger quake, similar to the ones that occur in California on occasion? I think that was all of the “Just Supposing”, I needed to do for now because I became instantly aware of how powerless I, as a man would be in such a situation.
Here I was, sitting at my desk and an earthquake erupted and before I deduced what it was, it was over. Had it been packed with more power, I could have just as easily have been at the bottom of a pile with my house and all possessions on top of me. I gained a new respect for the power of nature, a new empathy for victims everywhere and I moved a little closer to the one I look to for protection in situations that I cannot control and just say Thank you God.
What about you, have you had a similar experience? Would you care to share your learning from it?
