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Want to Be Your Own Boss? How to Choose a Business

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Around this time of year you might be pondering how you would like your life to go in 2011. Some of you may be thinking about changing your life work. Maybe you are tired of working for someone else who has completely different values and methods from yours.

Want to Be Your Own Boss? How to Choose a Business
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If you have been dreaming of starting your own business, there is no better time than right now to start your research. Many people get the entrepreneurial “bug” and then never do anything with it. One reason for this is that a lot of folks simply don’t know where to even begin. There are so many choices when it comes to different types of businesses. How will you know if you should invest in a franchise, or open a boutique, or plan events, or run a concierge business?

In this article, I’ll address 5 steps to start the vital process of self discovery that MUST happen before you choose which kind of business to start.

1. It all starts with your personal mission statement. Think about it, pray about it, write about it – what motivates you? What captivates your attention and causes you to sit up and take notice? What gifts and talents do you think you have and why did God give these talents to you? Once you know your life purpose – you will have a foundation of information that will help you determine which business to choose.

2. Now that you know why you are here on this planet and what gifts you really want to share with others, take your personality into consideration. I prefer using Myers Briggs Type Indicator, but there are some free self-tests on the internet that you can use.  Once you know your personality type you’ll have a better understanding of …

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Online Business: Past Results Don’t Predict Future Success!

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Online Business: Past Results Don't Predict Future Success!
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Have you ‘failed’ at reaching the goals you had set for your business income or growth?. Those who read me know that I use this word only rarely, not because I am in denial, but rather because I have the belief that every experience provides value and helps up grow (every defeat is an opportunity to acquire new skills and knowledge, often indispensable for our growth, and thus is a milestone to personal success, rather than a failure). But this isn’t what this article is about. Rather, I will focus on the relevance of past outcomes for predicting future outcomes, in your online business or in realizing other individual ambitions.

Instant online business success is uncommon. Overnight wealth from a ‘push-a-button’ business system is a sham. Spontaneous entrepreneurship is an unfair challenge. Growing a lucrative business online requires time, action… and personal growth! But then you hear about those who generated tens of thousands in their first month, replaced their income in their first three months, or produced seven-figure incomes in their first 12 months? And you ask yourself: Why Can’t I do that?

If this question keeps emerging in your mind, every day, you shouldn’t! Success is personal, and measuring your results against the success of others will not be empowering. Results in online business are created through the business owner’s skills, mindset, dedication, leadership, faith, actions, entrepreneurship, resources, passion, tenacity, consistency, direction, and personal development, ALL of which will IRREFUTABLY contrast between individuals. The most productive approach, is appraise those things against YOURSELF and YOUR ambitions.

If you didn’t realize your objectives in online business or in other areas, it doesn’t mean that your future outcomes will be equivalent. HOWEVER, you need to evaluate whether you have the ability and resources to bring the contrasting outcomes! …

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How to Become a Business Coach – Building a Business Coach Career

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How to Become a Business Coach - Building a Business Coach Career

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The business coach role is increasing in popularity as a career choice. More and more business owners are using them as consultants for several reasons. First of all, in these uncertain economic times, when so many businesses are going under or having to let valued employees go, company owners want to strengthen their businesses to grow for the future. Second, they are looking for fresh ideas and perspectives on everything from raising capital to marketing campaigns. Business leaders are going to coaches for short-term needs and long-term business relationships. If this career as a consultant, encourager, and analyst sounds like something you would enjoy, you should check out how to become a coach in business.

Coaching is not a regulated industry. This means that anyone who wants to can call themselves a business coach and go around giving their opinions, which may or may not be valid, to hopeful business owners. However, as the field of business coaches grows, business leaders are becoming more savvy consumers. They are checking for education and experience credentials from potential business coaches. Training courses resulting in certification credentials that teach people how to become a coach in business are becoming the standard.

These training courses are offered in different formats, but the one with the most flexibility is completed entirely online. Students can choose when to work on the coursework at any time of day or night. This is especially attractive to those students who are working full time or have families to care for. The courses cover the areas specific to the role of a business coach. Learning proven, successful business models, formulas, and processes is essential in learning how to become a business coach. Interpersonal and communication skills are also important. The particular strategies necessary to efficiently conducting the business …

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What P2P Investments can Do to Your Business?

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P2P (Peer-to-peer) investment is an act of directing investments of cash to people or organizations in the form of loans without the involvement of a financial authority acting as a middleman. To fully understand how IUVO P2P investment  option works, you might to need erase completely every data and trust you once had in getting financial loans from the banks.

What P2P Investments can Do to Your Business?

P2P investing is generally done through online platforms that peer up potential investors to businesses who need these investments. It is without doubt that the next revolution in the lending business is P2P investments. We’ve had studies to show and prove this over time. Now let’s get to how this investment choice affects the growth of your business:

How does the peer-to-peer Investment system work?

P2P investment is a genuinely forthright process. Every investment transactions are channeled and monitored through a secured online body. The few steps depict the underlying P2P investing process:

  • A potential borrower who feels the need to acquire a loan fills out an online form on the P2P investment website.
  • The website evaluates the borrower’s application and decides the risks and FICO score of carrying out such investment. After this, the borrower has peered with friendly interest rates.
  • When the application is endorsed, the candidate gets a range of investors options to choose from depending on his credit rating and financing costs.
  • The applicant is then allowed to evaluate the given options and left to make their choice.
  • The candidate is in charge of paying occasional (typically month to month) in installments and at large pay the total with the interest rates inclusive.

How P2P helps improve your Business

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Getting credit from a reputable financial institution could get draggy, with numerous structures and documentation screening in place. Even when the P2P investor is bound to …

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2 Internet Business Ideas That Will Explode Your Monthly Profits

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2 Internet Business Ideas That Will Explode Your Monthly Profits

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So you’re tired of being broke and you want to use the internet to start a home based business? There are several legitimate internet business models that you can choose from such as creating your own products to sell online, affiliate marketing, network marketing, drop shipping, selling your skills to other businesses, the list goes on and  by far there are only 2 internet business ideas that will produce the highest profits.

Keep in mind that it doesn’t matter how many sales you make, what matters is how much profit you make from each sale – You must sell something that has a high profit margin if you expect to make a significant amount of money online in a shorter time frame.

Are you serious about starting an online business, or are you just curious?

The 2 ideas that I have listed below are for those who are serious (and not just curious) about starting an online business. You can make a significant income with these two internet business ideas, which is why if you are just looking for a simple way to make some extra money, then starting a home based business online is not for you. You must be willing to put in time and money to be successful on the internet. Below are 2 online business ideas that will produce higher profits than most business models:

1. Selling your services (web design, graphic design, copywriting, etc.)

2. Top Tier Direct Sales (selling high ticket items for a commission)

Why waste time making chump change when you can make hundreds per sale?

Don’t get suckered into programs that pay $5 dollars here, $15 dollars there, etc.

I have started several online businesses since 2003 and I can tell you that there is a lot of hype …

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