2 Key Investments in my Business

In the last couple of weeks, I made 2 key investment in my business.

First of all, I joined the PIPS Power Group. This is now a must for everyone on my team. This group of mentors and fellow PIPS members helps you accomplish 2 critical goals in this business: 1. Make money and 2. Save money. I'll admit, it took me a while to join myself, I was hesitant because I had already invested in a number of products, but after only being a member of the PIPS Power Group for 2 weeks, I already see the benefits and know that the tools that I have will now be maximized and used to their full potential. Hands down, this is one of the best decisions and investments I've made in my 3+ years with the Plug-In Profit Site.

The second key investment I made was purchasing Mass Article Control. I've had this tool for a little over a week now and already I've written and posted 6 new articles. Let's put that into perspective, prior to stumbling onto Mass Article Control, I had written and posted 8 articles in the previous 2 years. By the end of this week, I'll have more than doubled that. The power of this tool is simply incredible. Because of the 6 articles I submitted in the last week, my EzineArticles account was upgraded to "Basic Plus" level, with another 25 articles, I'll be a Platinum Unlimited member. The proof is in the results.

I'm excited about where my business is going now that I am working with a team of mentors and using this incredible new tool to generate articles like crazy!

If you are serious about being successful with the Plug-In Profit Site, I can't recommend the PIPS Power Group and Mass Article Control enough. Adding these 2 resources to your business just might be the difference between making a couple hundred dollars per month to making a couple thousand per month.

To your success,

Kris Tomb
CashOfTheTitans.com

What You Need to Know to Make Money with a Home Business

Running a home business is no a joke. There are numerous details that you must control if you expect to make money. Keep in mind that a home business is the same as a traditional business. Remember that the objective of your business is to make money. For that to happen, your business must be as efficient as you can make it.

Here are three things that you need to know to make money with your home business.

You've got to know who you are if you expect to be successful in any endeavor. You need to recognize your strengths and weaknesses so you can capitalize on your strengths and seek out assistance where you're weak. For example, if you are well spoken and have the gift of gab, you might want to handle the public relations, networking and relationship building aspects of your home business. If you are more analytical, you might want to focus your efforts on your marketing and financial plans and partner with someone more comfortable in a client facing position. Ideally, you want to focus on what you do well and apply that skillset to your business.

You need to know your business from top to bottom, and make sure you keep up-to-speed on all of the changes in your field. Your goal is to be on the cutting edge of your industry and that might require you to read and study newspapers, trade magazines and business books on a regular basis. When people see you as the expert in your field, you'll have an advantage over your competition and you'll notice the difference in your recurring and residual income.

You have to know your customers. Your customers are the most important people to your business. Without them, you'll soon find yourself out of business. So it is absolutely critical that you treat them and make them feel valuable. Make sure you really get to know your customers, study them, put yourself in their shoes, learn their concerns and provide solutions to their problems.

Always strive to exceed your customers expectations. Focus on quality and integrity and don't make promises that you can't keep. Go that extra mile, by doing things a little better than your competition, you will be the first person that your customers think of when they need your product or service.

There is risk involved with any venture, including a home business, but when done the right way a home business can be the vehicle for financial and time freedom. By studying yourself, your business and your customers you have the recipe for a successful and profitable business.

Kris Tomb
CashOfTheTitans.com

Finding the Balance: How You Can Run a Home-Based Business While Working a Full Time Job

Many people wonder if it's possible to build a profitable home-based business while they continue to work their full time job. This might come as a surprise to some, but the answer is yes. It all comes down to you're level of desire, commitment and perseverance.

Especially in the beginning, you might wonder how you'll have the time to do both, or doubt whether you can manage both. The truth is that there is a lot to consider when you're juggling a home business and a full time job, but the key is to remember that you're capable. Here are three key things you need to keep in mind in order to be successful.

Desire! Why do you want to start a home-based business? It's been said that if you're "why" is strong enough, you'll overcome any obstacle. Of course, it's going to require effort on your part to find the balance, you must be focused on your goals if you're going to keep your current job and start your own business too. As long as your why is strong enough to drive you to do what's necessary, you will find success.

Time Management! There are only 24 hours in a day, in addition to juggling your full time job and your home business, don't forget about sleep, family commitments and leisure time. You have to be willing to make some sacrifices. What this means is that you have to be willing to invest whatever free time you have to your home-based business. That includes weekends, evenings and holidays. As long as you manage your time wisely and give proper effort to each, you can be successful. It all goes back to having the desire to do whatever it takes to get what you want.

Patience! There is no doubt that you will need patience to achieve success as you work on your home business and your full time job. It's inevitable that you will find yourself frustrated at times, overcoming obstacles and set backs and rejection can wear on you at times. There will be times when you'll become irritated with customers or clients from both jobs. It's not always going to be easy, but by building patience and remembering to step away for a minute or two when things get hectic will help ease some of the stress that comes from working two jobs.

Desire, Time Management and Patience all go hand in hand when it comes to achieving success with your home business and your full time job. You must manage your time wisely and remain focused on your goals. And remember, don't ever give up. Quitters never win and winners never quit. Success doesn't happen overnight, but as long as you make the effort, you can build a profitable home business and work your day job too.

Kris Tomb
CashOfTheTitans.com

Starting Your Home-Based Business on a Budget

Starting your home-based business can be a very tricky proposition. It can be exciting, but it is important that you also recognize the risk. Unless you start off on the right foot, your chances of achieving success are reduced. However, if you begin with the right foundation, and continue to work on that foundation, your chances for success grow by leaps and bounds. If your ultimate goal is long-term success, it is critical for you to start and run your business on a budget.

One of the biggest determinants of your success or failure is operating and maintaining your home-based business on a budget. Rather than setting goals and budgets, some people prefer to "go with the flow". For the majority, this attitude is a huge mistake and they end up out of business. Unless you possess an incredible memory and are extremely lucky, planning both short-term and long-term goals is a prerequisite to success.

Because this is an article about your home-based business, we will start by defining success as the growth and eventual profitability of your particular venture. By "growth" we mean that your business will expand and by "profitability", we mean that your business will become a cash-generating machine, providing you with an infinite income that enables you to achieve financial and time freedom. This article argues that in order to achieve both growth and profitability, discipline is needed, and plans must not only be made, but also acted upon.

Crafting a Financial Plan

One of the most important plans you must create is your budget. Many businesses, even those with great ideas and in demand products, still fail due to a lack of proper planning and efficient resource allocation. To ensure that your home-based business is successful, it is imperative that you avoid this mistake.

In the beginning, make it a habit to record what you earn and what you spend, on a daily, monthly, and yearly basis. Periodically, review your records and you will definitely see the areas that you can improve upon. Those areas will most likely be found in the expense column. It is amazing how many unnecessary expenses we notice once we have everything in the books. As your business continues to grow, it would be wise to seek the assistance of a professional accountant.

Next, periodically evaluate your records and determine the areas where you can reduce costs, and where you can increase income. In every business, there are areas that exceed expectations, as well areas that under-perform. As much as possible, focus your resources on the projects and ideas that are producing and minimize or eliminate those that are not delivering.

Finally, this should be common sense, but stick to your budget. A plan not acted upon is basically useless, and a financial plan not followed is a recipe for failure. Once you’ve finalized your budget, stick to it unless absolutely necessary. Be disciplined – it’s the only way your business will succeed. By following these three simple steps, you're well on your way to success with your home-based business.

Kris Tomb
CashOfTheTitans.com

How to Maximize Your Home Business Success Through Internet Marketing

If you advertise your home business to people who don't spend much time online, you're wasting your time and money and you'll soon be out of business.

Marketing has come a long way with the growth of the internet and your marketing plans must be aimed at prospective customers to be successful. While offline advertising can result in a few more hits from those who have never heard of your home-based business, the best place to market your business is online.

Step outside the box and look at your website as a billboard on the side of the road. Even if you have the best message, if no one drives down the road, you are wasting your money. The whole idea behind marketing on the internet is to advertise on the busiest road and to get internet customers that road is the information superhighway.

There are many proven strategies to succeed at marketing on the internet. For any online business, traffic means sales. Online, it's all about targeted traffic and directing prospective customers to your site is your ultimate goal.

Whether you do it through pay per click ads, article marketing, search engine optimization or social networking, you will need to put your marketing plans into action to attract more customers to your site. Using a combination of these marketing strategies will net the best results, but if your budget is limited you will have to determine which one to start with.

Don't forget about using your website as a marketing tool. It can be used to capture information, such as email addresses to build your list and can take the place of a printed brochure or catalog. Direct sales is the goal and making sure your site fully explains the benefits of your offering to your visitors will help them make the decision to buy from you.

Search engine optimization or SEO is the process of enhancing your site to make it attractive to search engines, but don't forget search engines only help customers find you, they do not make purchases or recommendations. Optimizing your site for the search engines can have a significant impact on the traffic to your site.

Another way for your site to be found on the search engines is through pay per click advertising. Basically, you pay for certain keywords or phrases and when someone searches for that keyword or phrase and clicks through to your site, you pay for it. Pay per click ads are similar to the yellow pages in that you simply buy the space for your site to be included.

Email marketing and banner ads can also provide traffic, but with most banners you will have to pay for their inclusion on a site. Just like traditional print advertising, you pay according to the size of your banner, without any promise of receiving any return on your investment.

Marketing on the internet has also become widespread with articles written by you which are posted to blogs, directories and online newsletters, this process helps generate links back to your site.

As you can see, there are many marketing methods that you can use to maximize your home business success through internet marketing. As with any investment, before making a decision, you should do proper due diligence to increase the odds that you will get the desired results.

Kris Tomb
CashOfTheTitans.com

Stone Evans and The Plug-In Profit Site

Stone Evans, the Home Biz Guy, is a well-known expert in the internet earning circles. He has proven himself not just by succeeding on the internet but also by teaching others how to duplicate his success by using a proven Internet Marketing System.

One of the best ways to succeed online is to be trained by someone who is already successful. Just like a student learns faster when they have a teacher, the same process applies if you want to learn how to earn money with a home-based business.

There are many ways to build a sustainable income online and Stone Evans shares many of the Internet Marketing strategies that he employs with his 30 Days to Success training guide. This internet earner has many fans and followers who have achieved success over the years and have also released products to showcase this.

As you may know, many favorable reviews have been written about Stone Evans and the Plug-In Profit Site and that is because this guru has established a reputation for showing others the secrets that he has used to build one of the top home business opportunites online today.

Now, it might be easy for us to forget that in the beginning, it wasn't easy for the Home Biz Guy. He overcame significant trial and learning curves before he achieved success and the Plug-In Profit Site became what it is today. Another advantage of having a guru like Stone Evans to guide you is that you get to save a lot of time and money. Time can be the most precious thing towards your goals in life. This does not matter whether your goal is to create a supplemental income, retire early, or just build a great new business out of passion.

This well-known name is a very respected authority when it comes to Internet Marketing and the Home Business industry and if you have the chance, you should attend any industry events that he goes to. Who knows, you might be lucky enough to meet Stone Evans. An in-person meeting with the Home Biz Guy would give you a whole new perspective and excitement on your home business goals.

Ultimately, it's important to find the right guru to model before massive personal prosperity can be achieved. Even prominent billionaires have repeated a very famous quote: "success is at the razor edge of failure" and that has been proven time and again to be true.

Kris Tomb
CashOfTheTitans.com

A Billionaires Guide To Getting Rich

When I read this article I knew I had to share it. It's a quick read and once you've read it I'm sure you'll understand why I posted it. Enjoy!

Kris Tomb
CashOfTheTitans.com

A Billionaires Guide To Getting Rich
(c) by John Colanzi
Plug-In Profit Site

The sage Zenrin once said "If you wish to know the road up the mountain, ask the person who goes back and forth on it."

Sound advice, but are you following it?

If you're like most people, probably not. So who's advice do you listen to?

** Your next door neighbor

** Your barber or hairdresser

** Your mechanic

The list is endless. You get excited about starting your own business and the doom and gloom crowd takes pleasure in stomping on your dreams.

Before you listen to them, ask yourself one question. Have they been where you want to go?

Probably not.

So who's advice should you listen to? The men and women who've traveled the mountain.

One man who traveled the mountain and amassed a fortune in the process, was J. Paul Getty.

In his autobiography Getty lists rules for creating wealth.

What do you think was Mr. Getty's number one rule for getting rich?

You must have your own business. He didn't say get a good job.

The same skills you use to make money for your boss, could be better applied to creating wealth for you.

There's an old cartoon that brings the point home even clearer.

A father is asking his son, "Wow, wouldn't you love to be a football player and make all that money?"

The little boy smiles and says, "Daddy, I'd rather be the guy that can afford to pay the whole team."

The next time you're excited, keep your own council and remember the words of Ben Franklin.

"Keep Thy Shop and Thy Shop Will Keep Thee."

Dare to dream. Be your own boss.



Copyright (c) John Colanzi.

John Colanzi uses the Plug-In Profit Site to earn multiple streams of income from home on the Internet. What about you?