Offering a service to help transition into a work at home life could make it possible for you to start building a source of income.  Let’s just take writing as an example; many internet marketers in all kinds of fields need to farm out lots of writing jobs because they don’t have the time to do it themselves or they don’t feel comfortable with the writing skills they have.

Writing for pay is still a way to exchange time for cash but at least you could start promoting yourself while you are still preparing to leave your full time job and spend a couple of hours working at home building your client base.

To-morrow I will write about other ways to work at home and build passive income, meaning that you would not be just exchanging your time for pay, but create income that goes on bringing income to you such as affiliate marketing.

If you decide that you do want to start offering writing services you probably would want to use a blog to promote your services and you can set up a WordPress.org blog like the one you are reading here now rather easily and offer your writing services. If this is new to you it’s quite possible to find lots of free information on the web.

However if you want to get started without too much delay and get plenty of help guiding you through every step not only of setting up your blog but also the best advice about offering writing services I’m happy to be able to recommend  Ghostwritercash.com offered by Tiffany Dow and Craig DeSorcy. There is also a forum to discuss any problem you might run into with Tiffany or Craig and get into discussions with other Ghostwriters … that’s usually a good way to learn about what is successful!

Image via Wikipedia: One of the advantages of working at home is the great sammiches you can make!

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How many reasons do workers have to want to work at home instead of commuting back and forth?

I can remember many years ago wishing I could quit my job to be home with my baby!  That was a long time before the internet and the only way out would have been to win at the lottery … the alternative of marrying a millionaire as in a popular movie  ‘How to Marry a Millionaire’ wasn’t even remotely in the cards  because I loved the husband I already had.

So after applying myself to learning all the skills necessary to be able to handle a fairly well paid job, having a husband and a baby was giving me an entirely new perspective on life!

Rational minds would say that it’s just as easy to love a man with a higher income level and in fact I heard that from my mother many times but the fact is that we tend to pick our friends and eventually a mate among the people we see every day at school or at work, and except for some rich uncle or grandparent appearing for some, we all had the same kind of background

The struggle of making it through all odds has been the subject of romantic novels and movies, but the concept of the ‘two of us’ against the world becomes less romantic when a baby enters the picture!

So, anyway those memories of the past came back to me as I was sitting here thinking about the different reasons people have for leaving their jobs to work at home.  Nowadays there are choices, and that’s a good thing!

There are many possibilities for some to be running a small business from home leading to all kind of opportunities for others to sell their services to them!  This is a whole new field I could not even have envisioned!

Company employees even get to do their work at home in some companies …  I know some people working at Boeing in Seattle who have that option!

When it comes to giving up a full time regular income though, whoa better stop to think about those bills that have a habit of showing up regularly! It’s a good idea to think about cutting the fat such as lattes, eating out and shopping for anything but basic food ingredients.

Since shelter, water and heating are as basic as daily food, it would be a good idea to start cutting some extra expenses while you are still getting a paycheck and build up a reserve fund to take care of a few months of basic expenses while you’re building your work-at-home income.

It’s important to remember that in life we build one phase upon another, while you are progressing from one phase of your life into another one, it’s better to try to leave on good terms with the higher echelons and even if you’re rejoicing at the thought of never seeing them or some of your colleagues ever again, there may be some that you eventually might do some networking with.

Our life tends to build on a continuum, either happenstance or as a result of some smart thinking … it’s wise to begin a new phase without burning too many bridges!

Fran
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)An Indianapolis woman posted her resume online. Then she received the call that millions of unemployed Americans wait on each day, a job offer.

The man on the other line offers the 28-year-old woman a cushy job from the confines of her home. Her task seemed easy; Wait for FEDEX to bring her money orders, cash them, and send part of the money to another location.

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“Legitimate job opportunities will not advertise you will make a lot of money in a short amount of time,” said Nick Ostergaard, a Spokesperson for the Better Business Bureau.

Ostergaard goes on to say that employers from legitimate stay at home companies are very transparent. Many of those companies have an interview process, and they don’t offer a job just based on an email or an online resume.

If you would like to find out if a stay at home opportunity is legit, you can go to Better Business Bureau website.
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Work from home information and advice is available on many legitimate blogs,  including The Apprentice Marketer Gazette.  Check us out!

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Anytime I clicked on an affiliate marketing link that took me to a Lee McIntyre presentation I tended to be put off by his lengthy video tirades and repetitious stories about his meteoric climb to success!  Well, after reading James Penn’s blog post I have to admit that his methods have worked for Lee and for his affiliates too!

That finally piqued my interest, and I spent $5.00 to join Lee’s  Internet Automation Plan and for a very limited time you too can get your hands on it for a mere fraction of its true worth: $5.00, yes that’s right five dollars!

So here is an excerpt of James Penn’s interesting blog post

“Lee and I started out at pretty much the same time and worked in the same niche to start with. We both taught how to profit from eBay by selling eBooks. We promoted each other’s products and worked together to build each other’s business. Gradually we both moved away from teaching eBay to teaching internet marketing.

Over the past three years, Lee’s business has taken off astronomically and I know recently he was making over $100,000 per month selling his own info products and generating over 500 subscribers per day.

In this blog post I’m going to show you how he’s done it and how you can emulate him.

I have gathered this knowledge of how he’s done it by reading every email Lee’s ever sent to his subscribers, by being a customer (or receiving review access) of nearly all of his products and by being an affiliate of Lee’s …

Only a small handful of VIP customers have had access to this training up until now so my best advice is to go check it out while you still can!

Not only will this step by step show you how to automate your business to the point where you only need to work 1-2 hours per day maximum…

…but it also shows you how Lee grew his business from $20K to over $100K per month in the space of just 30 days!

I gained access by investing $5.00 and I can vouch for the quality of all the information presented on that site. You can get valuable marketing insights and if you want to rake in multiple commissions signing up as an affiliate, click on

Internet Automation Plan

My best wishes for your success,

Fran

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Don’t shy away from a niche you’d like to get involved in just because you see the competition is plentiful. All that means is that you have a good idea and it’s a proven moneymaker according to how many others want a part of that pie too.

Competition is a good thing because it can also prove the track record of a niche. What you want to do is bring a related something to the table that your competition is not offering.

For example, plenty of companies jumped on the bandwagon after the Kindle was released and began to offer protective cases in a variety of designs and colors to the public who purchased the Kindle and other electronic devices.

However, one company decide to focus on safety from theft in mind and created a cover that resembles an old book – protecting the Kindle from scratches and from the view of would be thieves as well. They took a niche and narrowed it down and charged ahead of the competition and are now making plenty in profits.

Any product that is specifically focused will always beat out the competition. If you want to work a niche on weight loss, you’ll discover that the weight loss niche is saturated with websites, books and other products dedicated to the topic.

It’s easy for consumers to get what’s called ‘blind eye’ when it comes to anything new on the weight loss scene because of that over saturation. So what you would do is take the topic of weight loss and narrow it down to only one small aspect of the weight loss topic.

You could narrow it down by focusing only on organic weight loss products or information. You could also narrow it down by targeting only women who’ve given birth and now want to lose weight and get back to pre-pregnancy shape.

The trick is to take an old topic and give it a fresh twist. Think of all the magazine headlines that you read. You never see a new topic – just a fresh twist on what’s already been around for centuries.

This is the part where doing your homework pays off. Once you’ve selected the niche that interests you, research all the competition on that niche. What are they offering? What audience are they targeting? Which audience is being left out? How can you take that niche and make it more valuable to the consumer?

One way to discover what people are looking for is by doing keyword research. You can find free keyword tools online and go through the keywords that your audience uses when searching for information about the topic. That may help give you ideas on how to narrow your focus for your niche.

To-morrow, some keyword talk!

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However, it’s not as simple for many others who don’t have the right mindset for success! Even when they arrive at a decision about  a career choice or a the kind of business they would like to develop, self-doubt and discouraging thoughts may cloud their thinking.

1. How to Overcome Discouraging Beliefs.

Is it possible that focusing too much on goals for the future is keeping us from taking care of ourselves today? While setting goals is important, we need to enjoy the steps we are taking right now and that includes enjoying simple pleasures like  shopping for the ingredients to cook a good meal and tossing a ball around with some friends.

2. Getting the Training We Need to Be Successful

Good nutrition, physical fitness and caring human interaction contribute  to good mental functioning and empowers us to do the work we need to do.

It’s important to remember that being successful includes enjoying our daily life and growing as a human being.

A concert-goer once said to a famous composer:’Maestro I would give my life to play like you do’ and his answer was ‘I did Madam,I did! In truth he had probably enjoyed living the life of his choice, playing the music he loved … and bringing pleasure to the world. How fulfilling is that!

3. Living a Good Life While Working Toward Our Goals

It’s good to constantly remember the importance of being a well-rounded individual while we’re working toward our goals.  The professional goals are one important part of our life not a destination we arrive at after a long journey.  The journey is our life and we need to live it consciously, paying attention to the flowers along the path!

4. Life After Sixty and Planning a New Career

The first part of this article applies to young people starting out on their path to becoming productive member of society. But there is another movement going on … Seniors engaging in a new career and learning new skills!

How does it feel to start all over again?  They’re getting acquainted with social media … they’re challenged by new-fangled systems … I know because I’m doing it myself!

I have written a few posts about working from home to supplement a retirement income and I plan to focus on home business information in the coming weeks.

Be looking for helpful downloads too!

Fran_C

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Carl Hoffman continues to reminisce on his blog:
The 60′s Official Site

He features disk jockey Neal Stevens back in his “Hey Days”

I was just listening to … ‘I don’t care what they say, I won’t stay in a world without love’ an expression of youthful angst maybe? I dunno,  I’m a mother of boomers and I believe in the power of love more than ever!

June 1964 … the Beatles and Ed Sullivan, the Civil Rights and Mississippi and also Playboy and dc comics … and Vietnam … a year that changed our country and our lives.

Carl’s blog is looking really good, I think you’ll enjoy visiting and digging up some old memories!

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