Work at Home Based Business

Ramblings Of An IM Junkie - Brain Fried

I’m fried…I admit it. I am just plain fried.

I’m in the middle of writing my new book “The Complete Guide To JVs” and I’m just not with it. I have everything done as far as the writing goes, but I just can’t get myself into gear to do the other stuff. You know, create the squeeze page for the report (which I haven’t written yet), the sales page, the autoresponder series and so on. I have so much to do but my brain is just out to lunch, so to speak.

So, what do you do when your head is in another place?

What do I do?

I go to DISNEYLAND!

Okay, no, not really. But I do the next best thing and watch a bunch of Disney films and listen to Disney soundtracks. I guess one of my favorites, with all the modern stuff Disney as done, is the 1965 classic “Mary Poppins”. You know, I always felt that David Tomlinson, who played George Banks, should have gotten an Oscar for that performance. He really was quite good. Of course Julie Andrews winning was a no brainer.

My favorite song from the movie was “Feed The Birds.” I even learned to play that on the guitar. That’s something else I do when I’m brain fried. I take out my guitar and pluck away. You can find a couple of my songs on YouTube if you look.

Usually, after I clear my head by doing something relaxing, I can get back into the swing of working again. It doesn’t take too long either. Sometimes, I’m refreshed after about a half an hour or so. Sometimes it takes a little longer. That’s when I’ll watch one of those long Disney flicks.

What about you? What do you do to clear the cobwebs when you have to get some work done and just don’t feel like doing it or you simply can’t think anymore? If you have any great ideas for getting rid of brain fry, why not post your comments here? I’d love to read what you have to share with me.

In the meantime, I’m going to get back to work because I have a book on JVs I have to get out. If you’re good, I’ll even show you how you can get it real cheap before I sell it for a whole ton of cash.

See you again soon.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim
Free Report On Niche Research

10 Tips To Building A Better Business Website

A look of a website can make or break your business. First impressions always count. Here are ten tips to building a better business website.

1. Colour - A black background is not recommended. It’s hard on the eyes. I don’t know how many people have problems reading white or coloured text on a black background and with that said, don’t go neon pink or glaring orange either. Generally black text on white background is best. Ideally you can choose two colours, but make sure they match and use it consistently on all your pages to maintain fluidity and continuity.

2. Layout - Don’t cram everything into one page. Cluttered websites overwhelms the visitors. Keep it clean, crisp and concise. I had a CMS style website before and although it looked organized because there were three columns, there were also a lot of text. Navigation wasn’t as plain as day and it overloaded the senses. Take these three words to heart, less is more.

3. Navigation - The more user-friendly the better and your visitors are bound to stay longer. You don’t want your visitors to be jumping through hoops to find what they are looking for. Make shopping carts or payment buttons visible and easily accessible. Everything should be just a click away. Make sure all your links are working. Finding broken links becomes frustrating and annoying.

4. Proper spelling and grammar - There’s nothing good about visiting a website to find loads of misspelled words and poor grammar. It’s unprofessional and you can bet your visitors will leave.

5. Speed - When it comes to website loading, people don’t like to be kept waiting. They will definitely leave a site if it won’t load properly. Their time is precious; don’t make them wait.

6. Graphics - Be careful of using big flashy graphics or banners. Too many animated banners or too large graphics take away a site’s credibility. It also slows down the loading time of your site considerably. Not everyone uses high speed Internet. Remember I don’t wait around for slow loading sites, I doubt others will too.

7. Audio - If you like it and want it, change the default setting to give the visitor control if they want to hear audio or not. Make sure it’s visibly accessible to the visitor. The last time I landed on a site, I couldn’t find the button to disable the audio so I immediately X’ed out.

8. Pop-up anything - Although many people now have pop-up blockers, it may not be so much of a nuisance, but a pop-up of anything is intrusive, unwanted and annoying. Adding a form to your page in a highly visible spot is much more effective and non-intrusive.

9. Content - Informative, resourceful content will keep a visitor coming back. No one wants to visit a site that hasn’t been updated in a long time. You can add a small graphic or in red text with the word “NEW” or a “What’s New?” page to inform your visitors you have made updates.

10. Adsense ads - Too many Adsense ads on any page looks scammy and it cheapens the quality of your site.

If you can handle honest opinions, have someone critique your website. It really all comes down to personal preference and you will never be able to please everyone and that’s okay.

The main goal is building a functioning website that is successful and prosperous to you for many years to come.

About The Author
S McIntyre owns Work At Home Space, a free work at home resource focusing on telecommuting companies, daily telecommute job leads, articles, business resources and other work at home related topics. You can also visit her blog Healthy Perspectives, featuring an array of health topics, nutrition, reicpes and fitness for maintaining an overall healthy and well-balanced lifestyle.

Work at Home Psychic Jobs

Work at home psychic jobs are very popular right now and the demand for more is growing all the time. But so is the competition for work at home psychic jobs. They are not easy to get. If you want to be one of the lucky people to actually get one of the few work at home psychic jobs available, you are going to have to be prepared.

The first step in landing one of the work at home psychic jobs is to actually be a psychic! Ok so I realize that most of the people who are working at home as a “psychic” aren’t actually able to read minds any better than the rest of us. So you can probably bypass this step. But if you do really have psychic powers then I would say you are a lock-in for getting a work at home psychic job. Just showcase your talents to the person hiring you and you are in.

But what if you really aren’t a psychic but want a work at home job as one? Well, that gets a little more complicated. You will need to have very good listening skills. You will need to be able to think quickly. You will need great communication skills. And overall quality people skills will be very helpful. You will also need to be able to lie to people without it weighing on your conscience. I know that sounds horrible to say but let’s be honest… work at home psychics are basically just good liars!

There are also many traits that you need for any work at home job, whether it’s a work at home psychic job or not… You will need all five of the following traits:

1) Self Discipline - Having a work at home psychic job means that you won’t have a boss or co-workers to make sure you work. When you are the boss it is easy to slack off and not get any work done. You must discipline yourself to get your work done each day.

2) Routine - You cannot procrastinate! Once again you won’t have a boss or anyone to keep you on track. A luxury of work at home psychic jobs is that you will probably get to choose your working hours. But you have to make sure you actually do work or you won’t have the job for long.

3) Persistence - People are always starting various projects but hardly anyone ever finishes what they start. Having a work at home psychic job has a lot of benefits but first you have to get through all the hurdles in the beginning. It might be tough at times so you will need persistence to stick it out.

4) Education - You don’t need a college degree to get a work at home psychic job. However, you will need to educate yourself on the industry and what’s expected of you. There’s going to be a lot of things you need to know about working at home as a psychic so make sure you get educated.

5) Enthusiasm - In order to be a good work at home psychic, you must enjoy doing it. If you are enthusiastic about it, you will have much more success getting clients and repeat customers. One of the main reasons for working at home is to do something you like so don’t get a work at home psychic job unless you are enthused about the opportunity.

Now its time to find a company to work for! So, where do you find work at home psychic jobs if you want one?

As with most jobs, you can search online or look in your local paper. You will most likely find many more job listings online. Search all the regular job sites or do a specific search on Google and Yahoo for “work at home psychic jobs” and other related searches. You can also search online directories and sites like Craigslist to find places that are hiring people for work at home psychic jobs.

When you do find a work at home psychic job opportunity that fits what you are looking for make sure the company is respectable and legitimate. It’s a good idea to check with the Better Business Bureau Online to see if they have had complaints against them, either from customers, or the employees themselves.

Follow the information above and you should be a successful work at home psychic in no time!

A final note to my regular readers…

This is the first of a series of posts that may seem a little odd to you. Don’t worry; there is a method to my madness. I have done some keyword research and found phrases that fit with the theme of this blog with a decent amount of searches but not a lot of competition. Yes, I plan to rank on the first page of Google results for “Work at Home Psychic Jobs” and the rest of the keyword phrases you will randomly see posts about in the coming weeks.

Lies…Damn Lies…And Statistics

Everybody lies. Okay, not everybody…but a lot of people lie. This is especially true when it comes to stats. You know the ones I’m talking about…conversions, sales, etc. So let me set the record straight on this subject so that those reading this understand what the real deal is and will take all these stats with a grain of salt.

Let’s start with traffic stats. I’m referring to visitors to your web site. Did you ever see these folks who claim to get tens of thousands of visitors to their sites everyday and you wonder how they do it? Well, what they don’t tell you is how worth while those visitors are. Many marketers will either buy worthless leads or hit the traffic exchanges and buy massive packages of clicks. Now don’t get me wrong, TEs can work great if you know how to use them, but most of these folks send their TE prospects to sales pages which is just a waste of time because nobody has time to read a full blown sales page. So traffic stats can be very misleading. How many of these people buy?

Then there is conversion. That’s how many people actually DO buy for every 100 clicks. You sometimes hear crazy conversion figures like 10 to 2o percent. What they don’t tell you is that these figures come from ads that were sent to highly targeted lists of previous buyers, so of course their conversion stats are going to be higher. You’re not going to see those kind of stats off of brand new leads.

And then of course you have sales figures. I made $1 million in sales this year. Yeah, but what they didn’t tell you is that they spent $900,000 in pay per click advertising to get those $1 million dollars worth of sales.

My point to all this is simple. Take what you read and what you hear with a grain of salt because people don’t always tell you the whole story behind their stats. Ultimately, this leads the prospect into a false sense of security when it comes to using the product or service that is supposed to “get” you those stats. Trust me, it isn’t that easy and isn’t always as it seems.

Lies…damn lies…and statistics.

They’ll get you every time.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim
Blowing The Lid Off The Lies Of The Internet

How to Make Money Online With Advertising

If you own a website, work at home on the internet, or run an online home business, you probably know what Google Adsense is and that it is basically a way to sell advertising space on your site. You also might know that it can be put on just about any website or blog and that it is one of the most popular ways for website owners to make money online. It’s no secret that selling advertising on a website or blog is a great way to make money online but many people don’t fully understand how to do it.

So how do you sell advertising for your website? 

There are two major ways that you can sell advertising on your website…

Revenue Share Advertising

Revenue share advertising is a very popular way that website owners can earn money with ads. Google Adsense is an example of revenue share advertising. These are sites that find the advertisers for you and then, when somebody clicks on the links that are displayed on your site, they give you a share of the revenue created by the click. The amount of money per click varies depending on the deal made between the revenue share company and the advertiser. This is information you usually don’t get to know. 

Revenue share programs are great because they are very easy to set up. Basically all you do is sign up for the program, insert some code into your website template and the ads will show up. Not much extra work is needed on your part. 

Of course, revenue share programs also have their disadvantages. For instance, Google Adsense has some very strict rules about what you are allowed to do with your ads.  Make sure that you read and understand the terms of service before you click the “I agree” button. It is very easy to inadvertently commit “click fraud” with Adsense and once your account gets suspended, you won’t ever be allowed to reinstate it.

Another disadvantage of revenue share advertising is that you don’t get all the money from the ads on your site. They company usually takes just as much (or more) than you get. It’s the price you pay for the ease of use and them finding the advertisers for you.

One thing to remember with revenue share programs is that no matter what one you choose, make sure that you understand what they expect from you and what you are allowed to do and not allowed to do with your ads.

Direct Advertising

Direct advertising is fairly self-explanatory. You find the advertisers, display their ads on your site and collect the money. This is the best way to make money through advertising if you want to keep 100% of the profit from the ads. Of course, the disadvantage of direct advertising is that it’s not nearly as easy to implement as revenue share and you have to find your own advertisers for your site. 

Before you start hunting down direct advertisers, you will want to decide which kinds of ads you want to run. Do some research and see what kind of ads work well on other sites similar to yours. You only want to run ads that are at least somewhat related to the content of your site.

Then make sure that you understand how to implement the ads into your website or blog template. You will need to know a little bit about coding to make your advertising look professional. Finally, you will need to know about the business side of advertising. You will need contracts and invoices and a way to keep track of individual clients. While direct advertising usually brings in more profit, it is far more time consuming and harder to keep track of than revenue sharing advertising.

Whichever advertising method you choose to make money online, be sure you understand the advantages, disadvantages, and limitations of each method as well as expectations of everyone involved. Advertisers can be very fickle and so can your readers. Some readers don’t respond well to sites that are covered in ads, so you will want to make sure that you strike a balance between content and ads. This is important because, if you lose readers, you’ll lose advertisers and income. 

Revenue share advertising and direct advertising are both very good ways to make money online and are simple enough for just about anyone to implement. Remember that if one method doesn’t work for you, you can simply try the other. I actually recommend utilizing both so you can make even more money and spread it out a little between multiple income streams.