Overcoming fear in starting a home based business is a fundamental first step in being successful. When I started in my home based business, the biggest decision was not whether it was a proven system, that was important.But really it was the fear of failure.I tried to dig around as to what was behind that fear. I don’t think it was solely a fear of being scammed. I’ve tried so many things over the years, I recognize when something is authentic now. It was more the fear of putting money into something I might not see results from. It was a fear of another thing not working.Fundamentally, I had to develop very strongly my belief in myself, that I could be successful.The system, the business itself was secondary to that. The fear of failure ran deep though, so it takes regular personal development to overcome the fear of starting a new home business.Here’s how you can build your own wall against fear when starting a home based business.Do your homework, what we call your ‘due diligence’. Make sure you identify a profitable business model, then you cannot fail. How so?Well, if you know that you are a disciplined person, that you are prepared to work hard at mastering the basics, who can focus, who is teachable, then if the business model is sound, it will work for you.What varies is the speed at which you achieve results. That’s dependent on your current skill set and how much time and money you invest in your home business, such as for tools and system, personal development, advertising etc. Once you believe that you can succeed in your home based business, the fear disappears and you can just get on with doing the hard graft. But too many people give up too early, then blame the tool or the system.It can take time sometimes to get results in a home based business. Believe in it, believe in your success, visualize it, give it a timescale, feel it, celebrate your progress along the way.So I want to encourage and empower you to feel the fear and do it anyway.Believe in yourself and you’ll be fearless moving forward. The fear is grounded in not doing the work – so do the work, create consistency in your daily and weekly activities, find ways to see the momentum growing to reinforce that things are working, that you are succeeding. There is nothing to fear but fear itself!
How To Succeed At Online Product Creation The Easy Way
Product creation could be a frightening subject for a lot of Internet marketers to face. Some folks who get in the game with the intention of making a full time income are completely ignorant as to how an online business operates. One of the most profitable ways to create online cash is by creating a product that others are happy to pay for.
Product creation is legitimate method of generating money through internet marketing but many entrepreneurs get it wrong. They start by imitating their Internet marketing gurus by creating information products on Internet marketing in hopes of getting rich the way their heroes did. The problem is that they usually don’t know what they are doing and enter a highly competitive niche with very little marketing experience or connections.
Here are a few tips for effective product creation that may help you get on the right track:
Start by finding a profitable niche with low to moderate competition. If you conduct some rudimentary market research and keyword research, you’ll find many opportunities in areas that will surprise you. Amazon and eBay are two great places to brainstorm for product ideas.
Developing Your Product does not have to be a difficult project. You can find experts in the right field for your niche and pay them to write the material while an artist designs the packaging and website or blog. You can outsource the entire product creation part of the project after you conduct the research and testing to ensure profitability.
Sales and marketing strategies should be created while developing the product and learning about the market. Some experienced marketers use pay per click to drive traffic to their offer page; some folks outsource the entire marketing campaign to affiliates through ClickBank or other affiliate programs.
Product creation does not need to be hard, particularly when the merchandise is electronic. E-books, videos, audio and multi-media products sell very well. They are distributed immediately to customers electronically. Once you have a good feel for a niche market, try to service your customers with associated products and upgrades. If you want to earn money online through product creation, you must understand supply and demand. The majority of new online marketers fail miserably because they go after highly competitive markets or forget to research their chosen niche properly. You have to create your products according to the needs, wants and desires of the prospective customers.
Real Estate Investing – From Fear to Focus
What do you really think of when you hear the term “real estate”? Do these words conjure images of luxurious dream houses and expensive cars, the fruits of wealth through successful investing? Do infomercials promising the life of your dreams come to mind? Or does real estate remind you of today’s headlines, with words like “crisis” dominating the discussion?
The truth is that no matter what the market, real estate investors with confidence and skill will still make money. For anyone considering entry into the real estate business, however, or for those who want to step up their game, the question isn’t how well one can possibly do in a down market. The real question is: do you believe that you can be a successful real estate investor? Do you know that you could become a millionaire within 3 years working less than 15 hours a week?
When it comes down to it, every human being has fears that hold us back-fears so innate within us that we’re barely aware of how much they control our decisions. I know, because for 12 long years, I did nothing about my dream of becoming a real estate investor. I chose not to pursue something that I was passionate about because following in my dad’s footsteps seemed like the more “logical” choice. Why take risks in real estate when you can get a job earning a steady paycheck?
Instead, I had followed my father’s path step by step through corporate America, earning several promotions in a steel manufacturing company. Within three years of starting, I grew the company’s profits eight times over. I was earning a great salary and had what seemed like a bright future ahead of me.
That is, until life gave me a clue that there really is no such thing as certainty. My father, after giving 33 years of his life to the same company he had always worked for, was FIRED. That hit me hard-I had mirrored his career almost exactly. If something like that could happen to him, it sure as heck could happen to me too. What I learned at that moment is that anything you do in life can be risky, especially if it entails putting your financial future in someone else’s hands.
If your chances are just the same, why not take actions toward the things that would really get you stoked in life, the things that you know would bring you happiness, wealth, and freedom?
When I was 18 and dreamed of a career in real estate-yet did nothing about it-I told myself all kinds of things; the same kinds of things people tell themselves today: “This won’t work for me. It may work for them, but it will never work for me. The market’s too tough. Prices are going down. How would I sell? I’m not good enough. I won’t succeed, I’ll look foolish and be embarrassed if I try this and fail.”
It took me 12 years to find the courage to go for it. And for the next 13 years after that, I studied under successful millionaire mentors, used every kind of buying and selling strategies, and have bought and sold over 300 houses during up and down markets. For those who know anything about real estate, a so called “crisis” can often signal a time of opportunity. It just takes getting over the fear factor and learning the most effective strategies to buy and sell (as well as when to apply them).
There are still plenty of reasons why real estate investing is a viable way to make tons of money and live a better quality of life. You still get more financial leverage than you would from other types of investments. You can be your own boss and make your own schedule. In fact, I became a millionaire in less than three years through real estate investing, putting in less than 15 hours of work per week while working a full-time job. Imagine what anyone can do if they put more time into it. I’ve narrowed down the process of developing a turnkey real estate business into Five Key Steps of Real Estate Investing, including:
Effective Marketing that attracts motivated sellers to call you.
Pre-screening Sellers so you’re only spending your time working on qualified leads.
Buying & Selling Strategies-construct and present offers to buy homes, all six of which do not require any of our own money or credit.
Automated Follow-up System for leads that may have potential at a future time.
Sell Your Homes Quickly.
Many people have turned to this industry as a full time career, making millions of dollars in the process, including myself. Real estate investing is potentially the most rewarding option that provides excellent returns on your investments of time and energy, and the freedom and satisfaction of turning your dreams into reality.