Archive for June, 2011

Barter and Its Benefits

What is Barter?
Barter involves 2 parties. Each party wants to trade with each other and instead of exchanging cash for products or services, the exchange is carried out with products or services that each possesses. That is, there is a trade of a product or service that someone has, i…

Where Business Ideas Come From

I was reading the local paper and came across a picture of the cleanest garage I ever saw. In addition to a picture of the garage there was a picture of a gentlemen, in his late 60′s cleaning the cobwebs with an extension pole. I thought to myself I have never seen a garage so clean in my life. …

Conflict – Not Necessarily a Bad Thing

I got yelled at tonight. Not the type of yelling that someone does when you’ve done something to tick someone off, but the kind of yelling that was a swift kick in the pants about something that I’m NOT doing.

I probably deserved it. I needed to hear it. But it made me edgy and I tried to…

Do You Know What’s in Your Trash

A hearty welcome to all the spam fighting filters and programs created to rescue us from the deluge of unwanted e-mail! There is practically a “solution” for everything. But as with most online “solutions” filters and programs are only tools that users need to make some effort to use properly…

How To Master the Art of Super Salesmanship

Mastering the “art of selling” is simply knowing how to
present whatever it is that you’re selling, to the buyer
in such a manner that he feels buying it from you will
solve his problems or fulfill his dreams.



Selling online is really no different than selling in person, face …

Sales Letters – How to Write Them

You could just send out your brochure to potential customers
but it’s much better to personalise your mailing with a well
written sales letter.

Personalise – Using the person’s name in a sales letter will
give you the greatest success. It’s feasible to address
sales letters to – “Dear T…

How Likely Are You To Be Audited

Statistics for Individuals

Unfortunately, the IRS increased its rate of auditing individuals in 2003 when compared to 2002. The increase was approximately 14%, but still constituted only 6.5 audits for every 1,000 taxpayers. Put another way, the risk of being audited on your personal return…

Top Ten Reasons to Write a Sales Letter for Each Product – Part 1

Authors/publishers are great at getting their books written. Entrepreneurs know their products. But after the initial one-year honeymoon, sales slow down. To counter this make sure your ebook, product, or service you offer will keep on selling from the first day, the first year, even for life. Wr…

Lease Purchasing Is The Perfect Home-Based Business

Some call it the 30 second commute. We call it wonderful. What are we all talking about? Working from home, of course.


There’s nothing more satisfying than operating a successful business from your own home office. Believe us, we know. We tried enough home-based businesses to write a boo…

Customer Service in Your Home Based Business – It Can Make or Break You

Have you ever been shopping and the salesperson ignored you? How did it make you feel to receive such poor customer service? Most people would say that they would never return to the store. Poor customer service can cost you more than clients, but it can cost you money in your home based business…