Friday 4 September 2015

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Monday 1 June 2015

Progress and change-what's the difference?

George Bernard Shaw Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anythingProgress and change are one and the same thing, it's just how we look at them. Here's what I mean, progress is seen to be a good thing, you know you are progressing in your career, in your relationship, training, business, travelling. All the things that are positive, yet change is seen as something to be suspicious off because it could be bad for us, and there are many incidents of this: closing of the mining industry in the U.K, the change in governments from one party to another, same-sex marriage, free child care, de-regulation of the banking industry in the eighties was seen as a turning point in the recovery of the British economy by some, and as the beginning of the financial crisis that in still being felt in many western counties by others.
Change is always happening, if it didn't nothing would be here, not the sun, stars, earth, moon, universe, us, nothing!
Whether you believe in god or not, the first verse of the bible says this"in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth"that is change right there! Yet we are meant to fear change, yet love progress because one is good because it benefits us while the other might be bad for us because it might cost us or cause problems to us.
The mind is a one amazing machine that does so many different things at the same time while making it seem like it's easy, scientists looking for a way to get robots to work like humans have found just how complicated that is.
We teach our children to read, write, speak, walk, play a game and congratulate ourselves on their progress, never seeing it as change never looking at it in any different way than something good, something right.
If the child didn't walk, talk, read, in the set standard manner we start to look for reasons for this, not seeing the progress but the problems that we think are there.
I am thinking of children who grow at different rates, learn new skills at different times from the set norm, not children with learning difficulties, autism, physical handicaps like blindness, deafness.
Until something stops our progress, we just assume that it will be like this, even when you're getting on in your career, planning for the retirement pension, home, saving to allow you to live comfortably after work, so why should you be thinking any thing will change?
But it does, things always change, so why not accept that and think in line with it?
There is a quote that sums it up
"Hope for the best, but plan for the worse"
Some people hear me say this when things are going wrong and think that I am being pessimistic, when the opposite is true.
Being a " positive thinker" means many different things to different people. My take on it is this: having the ability to think clearly, calmly, practical, pragmatically allows you to be able to solve problems by looking at them from different angles, short-term, long-term, is this problem worth solving?
Should I go around it?
Put all my effort into in dealing with this issue?
It may not be what we call progress because it has slowed/stopped that forward momentum we expect to always be going on, but it is change, it is progress not in the forward direction but sideways, backwards even.
You haven't stopped reaching for your goal (whatever it is) you are just adjusting, adapting, being flexible to the situation by thinking differently.

Wednesday 25 March 2015

How do you know when an opportunity is good? Even when its hypey?

How do you know when an opportunity is good for you?
 You act on it!
Their is an opportunity that's come along which has me excited.
How do i know its a good opportunity?
It meets my criteria
Heres what I look for in a opportunity
1.It is do-able,you know actually follow instructions and get the results.
2.It's easy to set up and make work.
3.it's not technically challenging for beginners who know nothing about marketing,traffic,emails,sales pages, building list,and all the other parts that make up "internet marketing"
4.It will actually help people to make money.
5.It's not scammy,hypey,misleading,backed by a real system.
6.Is cheap to start.
7.No long learning curve(a real killer of motivation in many people)or extra training before use.
8.Is HONEST,fun to use.
9.And I believe it can work for you.
Now, it meets with most of the criteria except number 5(We still have this problem in the industry about making claims about earning potential) but I have been all over the system,understand the process,how it all fits together to help people build an online business.
This system has great front-end offers and training that if followed,can make money.
You do have to think for yourself how your going to promote it.But thats basically all you have to do.And in any business your in or going to run promoting should be at the top of priorities,without paying customers its not a business,its a charity.Anyway click the banner below to check it out.
P.S "Don't believe the hype"

Monday 16 March 2015

Here are ten ideas you can use to make money from home.


  1. The first one is teaching something to someone. If you have a skill you can teach others, then you can go on line and find forums, social media, looking for the people who are looking to be taught your skill. Start by offering to solve simple issues that relate to that subject, you know, like me with my chefing experience, if I was looking at a cooking forum and someone asked “what's a good way to fry vegetables without them being left too oily?” I know that having hot oil is the most important part, as well as coating the vegetables in flour before frying, using kitchen cloths to drain the excess oil and serving it as soon as possible all help to stop them being to oily, plus using vegetables with low water content.
    I get a thanks, people start to ask for more advice, which I can then say”look I like helping out but it's takes up my time, I would be happy to help any one who would like to learn more about this by offering a class through skype or google hangout giving advice or even making something together. You will get some people over time who will be more than happy to have the personal training service you provide. You can go on to google hangout to find out how to set up the service and get paid. The important part is to start by helping out, building trust, but within days you could have people paying you for your knowledge.

  2. Virtual assistance, which is organising for small or larger business, with owners too busy to organise for themselves. So you would be taking bookings, making schedules, posting to social media, dealing with complaints, customer support, writing emails, and many other tasks that small business owners and large businesses simply do not have the time to do. There are many companies on line looking for V.A s
  3. Organise a car boot sale in your area, rent a school,church, sports field or a company car park when its not in use, charge people to sell from their cars. You make posters to advertise the event and post them in the area with your charges for cars. You are proving the platform for sellers and buyers to trade while getting paid for it.

  4. A dog walking service,Yes there are people in your area willing to pay you to walk their dogs for them, while they are at work, holiday, away for a day, gone to an event where no dogs are allowed, and some cases some people are just not in the mood to walk the dog, you can also offer a grooming service for dogs and other animals.

  5. School run service, taking children to school and collecting them at the end of school, keeping them until their parents comes to collect them.
  6. In home carer service for elderly people who don't want to give up on their independence yet, helping them to shop, clean, simple home maintenance, someone to talk to. This, as you know is a growing area, with people living longer.
  7. If you have a garage you can offer to use it for garage sale for your neighbours things they wish to get rid off, and then split the proceeds with them.
  8. Ironing service, clothes alteration service, yes I would pay you to iron for me, Hate it !. So do lots of other people. And altering garments that are too tight, loose or needs mending instead of buying a new one.

  9. Doing peoples hair in their home. Many people have their hair done for them in their homes for convenience, due to working late, early starts, special occasions. So if you can do hair. It's the same for nails.
  10. And then there is gardening, someone is always willing to pay someone else to do theirs, or just trimming and tidying.
    The ideas can all be started from home quite quickly with a little advertising. Gumtree. com, and other free online sites, plus small ads in local shops, church,community halls, work noticeboards, friends and family who might know someone who knows someone requiring the service you are offering.


Wednesday 11 March 2015

Yes first impression counts but quailty,honesty,reliabilty,and good relationship matter more


One of the things I notice in my section of internet marketing is the amount of products aimed at making offers look good or stand out. Products like landing pages or squeeze pages,video players,graphic packs,  voice over software and many others that are all design to make your offer look great.
  Yes first impression is important but if the offer is not what it was stated to be then ,as a customer I am off.
  Warning this is going to be boring to read
A long term business has to rely on repeat customers,in order to do that, it has to provide quality, reliable products or service, which has quality after care and support, and an on  going relationship.Quality is something in a business that has to be worked on all the time.END
But most people starting out do not want to hear that, they see all  the fancy ads and all the claims of money being made,how it all looks simple,they buy the products or sign up for the service.Then end up having to  spend more money on additional  products or service to reach the claimed income  in the ads.So they end up frustrate with not being able to make the income claimed in the ads,walk away from it saying its a scam.

  Its not that its a scam,more of people are looking for quick,simple,solutions to their financial situation and the people selling the products/ service know this,by doing research,testing small offers,checking products and service which have sold well previously to a this  type of buyer who is looking for quick fix to there problem.
  The thing is most people THINK that there problem is not having enough money ,so by getting more,it will solve that problem.
   No!

Money is a tool to help solve the real problem that we have NOT THE SOLUTION,it can help but it a tool when used right can be of benefit.Most people don't have a clue how money works,how its made,why we seem to need more and more of it.Yet people are willing to believe the sales material saying how easy it is to make money on-line,without having to learn anything,do next to nothing, yet make large amounts of money.
   If you can't do it off line,why should it be any different on-line?
Their are marketers who want to help people help themselves to a better financial  situation by providing the products,service,information,advice,tricks,tips,incentive, for a price.They understand the issues faced by people who want straight,no b.s, no sugar coated  training material  to   financial freedom.because they have been throw  this before,they are willing to teach others as well.But who do you listen to?
Buy from?
What results will you get?
How much will it coast?
only you can decide that,when you have read up on some facts about the industry,joined some lists,decide what kind of business you want to build,how you want to interact with people,then made a plan towards reaching that goal.
It's not going to be that easy,simple,straight forward.there will be problems,road blocks,things that get you down and a very large leaning curve that never seems to end,but that's what  it is,Anyone telling you that its all simple tell,ask them then why are so many people given up?
 If your willing to learn and are not taken in buy the new bright,shiny object that's being offered,then your more than 50% ahead of most people.