Learn New Skills And Learn About The Universal World of Entrepreneurs To Guarantee Your Success
October 23, 2011 by George Napoli
Filed under Entrepreneurs
While there may not be any real absolute in business, this lesson will get as close as possible. We begin with our company axiom. It will give you some understanding to what’s in store as a entrepreneur. “Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so they can live the rest of their lives like most people can’t.” The number one key is in knowing the entrepreneur’s universe.
We use a pyramid diagram for our model of business owners. There are 4 components to the universe and every business owner resides in this model. Stats reveal this world and the stories they tell business owners.
Entrepreneurs World: A. Stars That Shine- business owners have all the knowledge needed to run a successful business. B. Fast Trackers- business owners are coached at a growing company and still require some form of management aid. Fast Trackers reside in the midst of the triangle and total 15% of their world. C. Existing Talents- owners have been partially educated but are missing sound judgment and hands in governing a business. Existing talents split the load and mass of the triangle along with Wannabe’s, even though they do not actually assist with the load on an even basis. Existing talents total 20% of all owners in their world. D. Wannabe’s- owners do not have most of the skills, knowledge and core competencies to manage a successful enterprise. Wannabe’s use trial and error and pay the price statistically for short comings. They total 60% of their world and that is the biggest category.
So what does the 1st key tell us? The galaxy shows us and the statistics will prove that 95 percent of all business owners lack 1 or more of the skills to successfully manage a business. That means only 5% have all the skill sets required to be successful in business. Here are the industry stats: 40,000,000 businesses. 25% change ownerships each year. 90% of all businesses gross less than $300,000. 20% of online companies are profitable. 50% of all businesses close in the first two years.
Key two is in knowing where you exist in the galaxy. I’m one of the luckier people. I personally learned later in life the discovery and went on a 6 year retooling initiative. I studied my weaknesses to begin with, since those were so clear to me, then I committed the time to systematically enhance my skill sets and core competencies that would aid my future successes in business.
Here are the industry stats: 40,000,000 businesses. 25% change ownerships each year. 90% of all businesses gross less than $300,000. 20% of e-commerce businesses are profitable. 50% of all businesses close in the first two years.
It’s obvious that few business owners competing today have all the skills sets and disciplines required to successfully run a growth company or business. The numbers are too strong to believe differently. If you want to guarantee any amount of success as a business owner, you should learn and enhance the skill sets you lack.
Want to be shining star? Then learn to make a small shift in your orientation towards goals. We need to move away from a single goal orientation and add a learning orientation to it. Sometimes the trouble with success is, once you’ve achieved it, you have nothing to look forward too or to challenge you. Not so with a life long learning orientation where you will always have something new to learn, as you grow personally and professionally.
In the end, the 2 keys to your kingdom of business fortunes have been handed to you. Begin now and commit to learning new skills. There are plenty of skill seminars in business, so rank them to your own needs for a quick start.
As CEO of a company with over four hundred and fifty people, I trained hundreds of entrepreneurs and managers on some of the more popular skill sets like critical thinking and problem solving. Here’s a small list of some of the skill sets out there for you to learn: skills for managing people, accounting for non finance managers, marketing, sales, communications, internet marketing and SEO, team building, project management, human resources, etc. Look to college classes in the evening on business subjects of interest as well.
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Thinking of Investing In Gold? Consider Silver
November 25, 2010 by Bruce Holmes
Filed under Entrepreneurs
There are many experts who believe silver is a better investment then gold. Silver has some benefits that gold does not have.
Historically during a precious metal bull market silver generally has a greater percentage increase. In prior precious metal bull markets there have been times when silver has tripled when gold has only doubled. There have been some prior periods where silver has increased four times while gold has only doubled.
The demand for silver is built on three legs: 1) jewelry and silverware, 2) coins and metals and 3) industrial. By far the largest of these categories is industrial. Silver has far more industrial applications then gold.
This industrial demand supports the price of silver. With countries like China and India becoming more and more industrialized the demand for silver is great and continues to grow. Many experts are concerned that mine production and secondary recovery methods will not be able to keep up with demand. Many have even predicted that a silver shortage will occur.
Even if no shortage occurs it is a good chance that increasing worldwide demand for silver will continue to push the price of silver up. This makes silver an appealing asset.
The other big advantage to silver is price. Many people considering a precious metal purchase cannot afford gold, which right now is well over $1,300 an ounce. On the other hand silver is around $25 an ounce. The price point for a silver coin makes silver affordable for everyone to acquire.
One possible option for the smaller purchaser is to buy newly minted and graded coins. For example for around a hundred dollars anyone can buy a 2010 certified MS70 U.S. Silver Eagle Dollar. These come encapsulated for protection. The fact that the coin is certified as mint state 70 gives it some numismatic value. Hang on to a coin like this for 10 years and you may see an increase in value even if the price of silver remains the same.
Like gold, silver has never been worth zero. Also like gold, silver can be a hedge against inflation. I am not touting silver has a great investment or even a safe investment. Nothing is risk free. What I am saying is that the price of silver allows anyone to invest. You can buy 10 certified MS70 American Eagle Dollars for less then an ounce of gold will cost.
Bruce Holmes is a consultant and successful marketer who has helped others obtain their income goals using the power of the internet. Learn more about buying silver coins by visiting numis network.
Online Day Trading Day Trader Analysis For The Week Ahead
November 12, 2010 by Scott Walker
Filed under Entrepreneurs
After 4 weeks of strength, the S&P finally put in a red candle, a narrow one, but a reversal bar nonetheless. While this doesn’t mean the market HAS to pull back, it suggests the market may be willing to take a few profits here and make prices more attractive for long entries.
A retest of the 50% Fib level at S&P 1121 would be a very mild retracement, while a drop to the 10 day ma (1106) or 20 day ma (S&P 1093) would scare a few more longs out of their positions. There should be some shorting opportunities on a pullback, but keep in mind that those would be counter trend trades (relative to the daily uptrend), so take profits along the way and don’t be greedy with targets.
The bigger opportunity will be in watching strong stocks pulling back in order to find long entries for the next leg up.
Energy stocks were among the strongest sectors last week, and several coal stocks broke out on Friday. Peabody Energy (BTU) gapped up Friday, near the high of Thursday’s high volume red bar, and then continued higher, trapping all of the bears from Thursday as it cleared both daily and weekly resistance on even higher volume. BTU could be entered as a long over Friday’s high ($51.25), but if the market is weak Monday morning, a pullback could provide a better entry. The technical stop would be under Friday’s low ($49.66), which might be reasonable if you buy BTU on an intraday pullback. Otherwise look for a stop under support on the 15 or 60min chart. Target would be the 52 week high at $52.14, and you could hold a portion looking for another dollar if BTU overshoots the high.
Real Estate companies have been moving up for almost 2 years, but some are showing signs of tiring. Boston Properties (BXP) made a new 52 week high 2 weeks ago, but sold off on strong volume and moved below both the 20 and 50 day moving averages. If the market pulls back, BXP, which is already showing relative weakness, could drop to the next support level. Consider shorting under Thursday’s low ($82.63), with a stop over Friday’s high ($83.99). Targets would be $80.50 and $79.40.
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The Honest Truth About Creating Money Online
October 31, 2010 by Scott Cyrus
Filed under Investing
Have you struggled to earn a sufficient income? Most people have, these days the economy is really a issue. I had the exact same troubles, simply because I was just another regular guy working for minimum wage when I decided my time was worth significantly more. Like you, I wanted another way out and I knew there had to become a way.
That is when I commenced learning how to earn money online working from home. So you are inside the correct place, because I’m going to share my success story with you and explain what affiliate marketing is. The truth is, it’s a entirely legitimate business, and millions of people around the globe, just like me, are generating money online. More so, many much more learn about how they can get began with their personal home business.
What started with just the determination and belief I had in myself turned into the launch pad for all my dreams to come true. I walked the halls of my high school every day with a big secret on my shoulders. My secret job. My secret dreams to become the Champion I promised someone I would become. This job was going to be the financial freedom I always wanted for my family. It would be the exit path to becoming the Hero I always wanted to be.
I began to learn a lot more about affiliate marketing. An affiliate program, is only a firm that pays you for referring other men and women to them. They even pay you for the men and women those people refer and also the people those folks refer and so on. It is a group based effort, the much better your team does, the superior you do. I learned rapidly that the concept is basic, but how to execute it, isn’t so uncomplicated. I was then faced with the question “How to make money online?” It wouldn’t be just a phase, it would be what carried me to my goals and dreams.
Certain there were times of suffering along the way. I had days where I sat in front of the personal computer for hours at a time, lost and frustrated. Instances where I pounded my fist on the desk and threw my hands up and put my head down in despair. It wasn’t easy, but I started a home business with GDI and started to make money online.
It’s considered opening a home business, to the extent that you do get tax breaks and so fourth. The best affiliate program is one that’s free to join. Do not ever join a program that’s asking you to spend a bunch of money from the get go.
By far, I think that the best way to make money online is GDI, (Global Domains International.) They are paying me a lot of money, and owning my own home business at the age of 18 is quite a remarkable accomplishment for me.
So in case you found my write-up due to the fact you are lost and need some guidance, or possibly even motivation, then please hear it from somebody who has succeeded: You can DO IT! It does not matter if you are just a teen, or middle aged! I’m generating large money online and I’m only what some consider “a kid.” You have what it takes, I am telling you and I am showing you just how far you can go with a calculated plan, desire, faith, and determination or consistency. Thank you for viewing my article, I hope it has helped you and I hope you’ve enjoyed it as very much as I did writing it!
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Who Is Anne Ahira?
September 18, 2010 by Angela Johnson
Filed under Blogging
Anne Ahira is a skyrocketing name in the field of internet marketing, in part because of her age, and her rapid assimilation of the details of this field. Her seminars throughout Indonesia are well attended, and she commands excellent fees as a speaker, teaching the things she’s learned as an internet marketer.
Someone who’s been in the business for less than a handful of years, Anne Ahira has learned from others, taking the best of several approaches and combining them synergistically into a unified marketing program for her clients.
Don’t let her age fool you; Internet marketing is unlike conventional marketing, and the old methods, while they provide a good basis point to start from, will not cover all the nuances of knowing how to build communities, the importance of page ranks, and how to use organic search modalities, keyword ads, and latent semantic indexing. Internet marketing is a young person’s game, because the field changes so rapidly.
When Anne Ahira started her trade, she was a true prodigy. The first thing that she offered was an e-mail based newsletter. Believe it or not, she actually had to receive instructions for USING the e-mail program before she could get started back in 2001.
In the year 2005, the market would see Anne Ahira expanding right into the Asian Brain Internet Marketing Center. This is the best school in Indonesia for aspiring marketing students. To date, Anne Ahira has taught well over one thousand students in the field.
When you attend a session of Anne’s, you will find that they are built around things that work right, as well as why they work so well. She will also cover the reasons why these things could change in the near future. But don’t be mistaken, she has made plenty of mistakes. She shares these mistakes with her students, explaining why these things didn’t work. Failure is a great way to learn and in many cases it is much more effective than actually succeeding.
A demonstration of her failures shows students that they can fail and still ultimately succeed so long as they are willing to try new things and take those risks. These students know exactly how to take their risks, and not follow the crowd.
It’s this integrity of teaching that caused the government of Indonesia to award her the Kartini Indonesia award for empowering women, and the Entrepreneur of the Year award for Small and Medium Businesses.
She is also active in the APEC (Asian Pacific Economic Cooperative) conferences, and in 2007 served as their keynote speaker, one of the few times that a woman has served in this role.
Among other things, Anne Ahira is a very desired speaker, and she is in high demand. Her seminars are heard throughout Indonesia, and she wishes to bring change to the business world of the country. Her goal is to bring Indonesia into a new age.
Her name is Angela Johnson, originally comes from Jawa Barat. She has written several articles about Indonesian Culture.Some among them are TV & Video and Souvenir
Why To Seriously Consider An Affiliate Marketing Business
August 20, 2010 by Vivian Spage
Filed under Entrepreneurs
If you are new to online business and without many Internet technical skills, you might seriously consider starting an affiliate marketing business. There are many reasons for this but the primary one is that once you join an affiliate program, you will be given everything you need to begin and essentially there is a possibility that you can earn while you learn.
The affiliate program will give you an affiliate ID, URL link and a web page that is encoded with your link, so you can just start marketing and advertising on day one. This is really the only work you need to do, as opposed to if you were struggling to put together a site. Most affiliate programs also provide banners and other advertising resources for you to use.
Once you start one program and ‘get your feet wet’ then it is always a good idea to expand your horizons by going on to add other programs to your portfolio to create multiple streams of income. It is easy to duplicate what you are doing to promote one program for another – and another. This gives you more capacity to earn a higher number of commissions and hence more money.
The affiliate marketing business is one in which many people have been very successful. Then there are many more that have not and the only difference is that the former group realizes that they need to treat it seriously as they would a job. They devoted their time and energy to promoting their business over time. They learned all they could about Internet marketing and they did testing and tracking to find what was the most effective.
Those that really excel at their affiliate marketing business are those that have eventually branded themselves and gone on to start their own affiliate programs. Their success does speak for them, and compels people to believe in them and to believe that they have a chance at success as well.
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Changing Childrens Lives – A Womans Mission
July 30, 2010 by Peta Jones
Filed under Entrepreneurs
Life changed for Dorothy Samson in an Indian orphanage. Seeing the incredible needs of the children there, the Colorado resident knew she could make a difference.So started a journey that led her to Compassion International and its unique child sponsorship program. Now, after just five years working with the ministry, 25 children count on Samson for prayers,letters and support.
Later, when she learned that there was a need for sponsors for African children, she didn’t hesitate to take on even more.
I always wanted to have 12 children with an abundance of boys, Samson said.
Later, when she learned that there was a need for sponsors for African children, she didn’t hesitate to take on even more.
But all children are precious, even those who might be HIV-positive. They aren’t responsible for having the disease – they are innocent victims, and they, too, deserve the opportunity to have a happy childhood and to be loved and cared for.
I don’t know if any of my children have the disease,Samson said.I pray that they do not. But it would never change how I feel about them. I love them as my own children. My hope for them is that they can have a happy childhood and become all they can be in Jesus – free from AIDS.
Responding to the need, Samson sponsored 12 African children – eight of them in Uganda. And in September 2002, she spent five special days with my youngsters,as she refers to them. She treated her children to a game park, a safari and a boat ride to see hippos.
They crawl up into my lap they call me Auntie Dorothy,Samson said.They are my children and I love them all.
I don’t know if any of my children have the disease,Samson said.I pray that they do not. But it would never change how I feel about them. I love them as my own children.
I don’t know if any of my children have the disease,Samson said.I pray that they do not. But it would never change how I feel about them. I love them as my own children. My hope for them is that they can have a happy childhood and become all they can be in Jesus – free from AIDS.
When Compassion International opened its first projects in Uganda in 1980, the scourge of HIV/AIDS had not yet affected the world. Little did anyone know that only a few years later, many of the children Compassion serves in Uganda would battle the effects of this deadly, incurable disease. Compassion International currently ministers to more than 164,000 children in five countries in East Africa.
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Changing Children’s Lives- A Woman’s Mission
July 30, 2010 by Peta Jones
Filed under Entrepreneurs
Since she’s returned from Africa, Samson has had several opportunities to share her experience and tell others about her precious Ugandan children, several of whom have already had to deal with the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS, having lost parents, siblings and other close relatives to the disease.I don’t know if any of my children have the disease,Samson said.I pray that they do not. But it would never change how I feel about them. I love them as my own children. My hope for them is that they can have a happy childhood and become all they can be in Jesus – free from AIDS.
They crawl up into my lap they call me Auntie Dorothy,Samson said.They are my children and I love them all.Of course, the kids were so excited. They’d never seen animals in the wild or even taken a boat ride. It was wonderful to see their excitement,Samson said.
Since she’s returned from Africa, Samson has had several opportunities to share her experience and tell others about her precious Ugandan children, several of whom have already had to deal with the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS, having lost parents, siblings and other close relatives to the disease.
Responding to the need, Samson sponsored 12 African children – eight of them in Uganda. And in September 2002, she spent five special days with my youngsters, as she refers to them. She treated her children to a game park, a safari and a boat ride to see hippos.
So started a journey that led her to Compassion International and its unique child sponsorship program. Now, after just five years working with the ministry, 25 children count on Samson for prayers,letters and support.I don’t know if any of my children have the disease,Samson said.I pray that they do not. But it would never change how I feel about them. I love them as my own children. My hope for them is that they can have a happy childhood and become all they can be in Jesus – free from AIDS.
Since she’s returned from Africa, Samson has had several opportunities to share her experience and tell others about her precious Ugandan children, several of whom have already had to deal with the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS, having lost parents, siblings and other close relatives to the disease.
Dorothy Samson was a native californian who kne the minute she saw children in need that she could make a difference.
Later, when she learned that there was a need for sponsors for African children, she didn’t hesitate to take on even more.
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How Can A Business Broker Help Anybody To Sell Or Buy A Business?
July 9, 2010 by Dan Davie
Filed under Entrepreneurs
If you are interested to buy a business, or if you are a business owner who wants to sell, it’s recommended that you utilize the services of a professional to assist you during the process. A business broker is such a professional and he can assist both buyers and sellers during the buying/selling transaction.
As a general rule you don’t find young people fresh out of college in the field of business broking. This is because you need an in depth knowledge of the business world in order to do the job well. Business brokers are thus often retired business owners, bankers or accountants. These guys not only know what makes for a successful business, but they also know how to interpret financial statements and what questions to ask when buying any type of business.
If you’re a business owner who wants to sell, you can employ a broker to sell it on your behalf on a commission basis. If he is therefore unable to sell it, you don’t have to pay him anything. He will advertise it for sale in all the large newspapers and also on the Net. He will then deal with the resulting inquiries and have personal meetings with those buyers who are seriously interested.
Once they have sifted through the inquiries to identify the genuine ones, they will ask you to meet with these prospective buyers. During the initial session an interested party will no doubt ask you a lot of questions. Never lie, but also don’t divulge any confidential information about your business. This should wait until the buyer has made a formal offer, which you have accepted.
For a buyer making use of a broker also makes a lot of sense. They will have a large number of businesses for sale at any given moment. The financial statement for all of these will be available for you to study. They will also be able to answer routine questions about such business. Once you have studied the financials and you are still interested, a meeting between you and the owner will be arranged. At this meeting you can ask any remaining questions.
If you go ahead and make an offer on the business, you can make it subject to the fulfillment of certain criteria. A purchase contract can then be drawn up which only becomes binding once these criteria have been met. You could for example ask that your own accountant verify the accuracy of the financial statements and check the accuracy of stock lists and assets registers.
Whether you are a seller or a buyer, it thus makes a lot of sense to use a business broker. They have both the skill and experience to give sound advice to both sellers and buyers.
A business broker is a specialized type of expert familiar with the ins and outs of marketing a business. Make sure you choose a top rated New Jersey business broker for selling your business.
Online Business How To From The Couple Next Door
July 3, 2010 by Stephen Beck
Filed under Entrepreneurs
In my first article, I told you about some of our background in starting an internet business. We have sold homeschool curriculum, eBooks, and home-study courses built around online business how to tips. And we have learned a lot about the intnert through both our success and failures.
The first eBook we ever sold, my wife wrote. It is called Raising Leaders, Not Followers. Basically it was an eBook designed specifically for homeschoolers, teaching them how to raise their kids for leadership positions. My wife approached me with the idea, and I said, “Honey, it is not really a barn-burning topic. I just do not know that you are going to make any money with it.” Well, she proved me wrong. She sold $11,197 the first 19 days. How is that for internet marketing 101?
Not too shabby, right? On the heels of her first success, my wife started thinking about another eBook for the Christmas season. She said to me, “Sweetie, I am going to write another eBook about preparing your heart for Christmas. It seems like a lot of people get close to Christmas day and end up discouraged because they were not really prepared for the season. The presents are great, but what do they do next?”
I said, “That is a wonderful idea, but with all the free stuff on Christmas, I do not see how you are going to sell anything. You got lucky with the first one. That was a fluke. But this one, you would be lucky to sell 5 copies.” I was a very supportive husband, right? Well, she proved me wrong again. She sold over $2,200 the first month with that Christmas book. Imagine getting a $2,200 Christmas bonus every year. That is what we do. My wife created it 3 or 4 years ago. We roll it out every Christmas, and every Christmas, we get a $2,200 to $2500 bonus.
Do you see what I mean? I will admit that I may not be the brightest bulb, but seeing my wife hit two home runs on the internet without any business or marketing training convinced me. I started thinking I could do it, too. I could start an internet business.
I had a red pickup truck. It was a Ford F150. My daughter had taken it to high school. She was playing softball with the high school. And all of a sudden, her teammates were screaming, “Gentry, your truck is on fire!” She looks up. There were flames going 20 feet high out from under the hood.
Turns out Ford had recalled the cruise control switch in this particular model. And I could see why. Once we got the fire put out, we could see that the truck was totaled. I called Ford, but all they could do was apologize. It seems they had notified me of the recall by sending me a notice to my previous address in Texas. But we lived in Idaho.
I decided to start an online business, so I put up a little website that said, “My truck caught on fire.” I had pictures of the truck, and I opened up the hood and showed how all the engine compartment was burned up and all the wires were burned up. I said, “Why don’t you help me while I help you? I’m going to give you all this free internet marketing stuff. Graphics package. Some software. eBooks. Marketing tips.” All this stuff I had compiled and got free off the internet. I compiled it into a product and sold it for like $47. And I made $5,470 in the first 9 days.
I hope what you are seeing from these real-life examples is that you can succeed on the internet. Seriously! All you need is a little online business ho to and you can begin making a profit.
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