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Grant Logan Is my name. I am a marketing coach. For anyone serious about learning how to do internet marketing, I am offering a free telephone consultation. Please call me, 941-624-6533.

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Tuesday
26May2009

Work At Home Business: What Is Holding You Back?

Work at home business? I know this is something you have been thinking about or you would not be reading this article. I would really like to know the answer to the question "what is holding you back?". Later on in this article I will give you an opportunity to tell me what your thoughts are.

In the meantime let me make a few guesses at what the drawbacks are.

  • Is it fear?
  • Of the unknown?
  • Of not knowing enough about how to use the computer?
  • You Know nothing about internet terminologies?
  • Where am I going to find help if I need it?
  • You may have heard it's very expensive to start a new business, Is It?
  • When will I start earning an income?
  • What are my chances of making my business a successful one?

Fear is probably the biggest drawback.

"There is nothing to fear but fear itself." (Franklin D. Roosevelt---1941) That is a truism that should never be forgotten. Think about it for a minute----, what is the worst thing that could happen to you while you are sitting in front of your computer banging away on your keypad?  An asteroid is gong to come right out of the blue and strike you right on top of the head! -- Slim chance of that happening, right :-)

There is also the fear and frustration of the unknown.

 Persons who are new to the computer may be afraid they are going to break something that that will cause expensive repairs to their computer.

That will not happen. The only way you can damage your computer is break it deliberately with a hammer or some such object. The computer is a business tool, designed so you can make mistakes, and easily erase them and start over again.

I don't know how to use a computer !

That's a common thought, particularly among older folks like myself (I Am 77 ) But again there is nothing to fear because there are tons of places to go on the internet that will help you become proficient at navigating around the internet. I can help you find the best places to learn.

I know nothing about the meanings of internet terminologies!

That is another common thought among persons new to the computer and the internet. Again there is nothing to fear, because as you begin to learn your way around your computer and the internet the terminologies will become commonplace and you will begin to understand their meanings. Don't let computer language hold you back.

On your computer you may find some help in an online encyclopedia called Wikipedia. Type that name into your search bar. when it comes up, find the search on area on the left hand side, and type in the words you are looking for. In there you may or may not find an answer, it is not always complete, but it can be very helpful.

Where am I going to find help if and when I need it.

When you start building Your Work at home business you will see there are tons of people offering their services to help you. That is what most of us who are already in the in the internet attraction marketing business do.

I am going to let you in on something most attraction marketers never talk about. We are a greedy bunch. We are looking new people who are determined to succeed in their new venture. We are looking for the leaders, the hard workers that we can invite onto our team. As you get deeper into your work at home business you will begin to understand why.

Now you know the secret, I will tell you I am available to help you, anytime. You can find contact information in this article and elsewhere in my blog.

I have heard it is expensive to start a new business, Is it?

Brick and mortar businesses can be very expensive to start. Things such as tools, storage space, office space, employees, inventory all need to be considered and can run into the tens of thousands of dollars.

I personally have started three businesses in my lifetime, all three were very successful. My First business is still running under the leadership of my sons. It was started 56 years ago. The second one, I sold at a profit after working it for nine years.

My work at home business is successful and becoming more so as I continue to learn and develop. The great part is I did it on a budget. Very little cost was involved. Another thing I find hard to believe myself is that soon my income is going to exceed the total income of my other two businesses combined.

Yes you can start a work at home business on the internet for very little cost. You can do it on a budget.

When will my  work at home business start earning an income?

The Truthful answer is, it depends on you yourself. Are you willing to devote at least ten hours per week to your new business, fifteen would be better. Are you willing to devote the time it will take to learn new things. Do you have the intestinal fortitude to stick with the learning process?

Some people with these personal attributes are able begin paying their costs within weeks and enjoying a modest income inside of three months. For others it takes a little longer depending on the personalities.

Consider your work at home business like a bank account. The more you put into your account the more you can take out. Nothing in--nothing out it's that simple. Your business will work the same way.

Eighteen months ago I was a total computer illiterate. I had to start from scratch and yet at my age I found it to be an exciting, pleasing, and rewarding experience. If this old man can do it, you can do it too.

What are my chances of making my business a successful one.

Honestly, ninety seven percent of new businesses fail. They fail because their owners are not dedicated, they are not willing to devote the time and the effort it takes to be a winner. Think of it like a competitive sport. The winners and the record setters have been dedicated to a lifetime of learning and training to be winners and record breakers

In your planned work at home business do you have that kind of dedication and purpose? If you do, you will be a winner and you business will be a successful one.

Get your butt in gear, stop procrastinating, get your work at home business started today, start enjoying a new kind of freedom for the rest of your life.

Good fortune to you

Grant logan

 

Thursday
11Dec2008

Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks ?

You can't teach an old dog new tricks is a very old saying that many people except as fact. It really has nothing to do with learning new things. "The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy" tells us what it really means. " People who have long been used to doing things in a particular way will not abandon their habits".

Another old idiom "It's never too late to mend" means this, "Your never too old to change your ways. Learning is always possible." Whether you are young, old, or oldest, your are never to old to learn something new.

Yesterday I met a man, eighty two years old who recently started a thriving internet marketing business. I was in my seventies when I started my internet marketing business. Neither one of us has had a problem with the learning process.

Almost everyone at one time or another has dreamed of being an entrepreneur. No more alarm clock, no more long commute to and from work. No boss to bow down too during working hours, no restriction on how much you can earn. Take a vacation whenever you want, not when it's convenient for the company you work for.

Thousands of people are now turning to the internet to find new jobs. A large percentage of those are wanting  to start their own work at home business.

If I never looked at the unemployment figures I could tell something was going on because all of my published articles about working from home have increased tremendously in readership.

People over fifty have worked at a nine to five job all of there lives. Now they have fewer commitments, little or no mortgage to tie them down, Children have grown up and left home, and now the entrepreneurial spirit is starting to grow again.

Mature people have acquired a lot of knowledge over the years and that knowledge would be wasted unless they do something constructive with it. Don't let your age hold you back, after all the best part of your life is ahead of of you. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, keep away from that kind of mindset.

For me, retirement was a bore. I have owned three  successful businesses over the years. One is still alive and well under the leadership of my son's and grandson. The second one I sold about four years ago. This article is part of the of the third up and coming business in my lifetime.

This business has been a challenge because I have never done anything like it before. The learning process has really been more fun than challenging. It was challenging in the sense that I never knew anything about the computer or anything having to do with internet marketing until I started this business.

What a sense of accomplishment, and just think, You can do it too.

Today I am a health and wellness coach with an online business. I am also an internet marketing coach,  I am able to help you get your own profitable business started online. Why not work at home it's the most comfortable place to be.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks is an old saying that is outdated. The only obstacle lying between you and your own work at home business is YOU. Right now is the best time possible to get started the internet is exploding with new possibilities.

Want more information, call me at   941-624-6533

 

If I can do it, you can do it too.

 

Wednesday
29Oct2008

Mom's: Work at Home Start a New Business at Home

 

Mom's work at home start a new business at home. Right now many of you are surfing the net looking for something you can do at home. Right now is the time for you to start surfing the wave of the future, Internet Attraction Marketing. You have either never heard of attraction marketing or maybe you have heard of it but really don't know what it is.

I want to help you understand what attraction marketing really is. First of all it's not about selling products, if it were I would not be here writing this, because I hate selling anything. It's all about marketing and marketing is a litttle like selling but different.

Marketing is not like direct sales. Example: A used car salesman is in direct sales, most car salesmen seem to feel they have to sell you a car before they can let you leave the lot. I don't know about you, but personally, I don't like that kind of experience.

On the other hand, occassionally, you will run across a car salesman who seems to really care about your needs. He will ask what you are looking for and show you everything he has that meets your requirements without trying to sell you anything. If you do find what you want you will have a ton of questions to ask.

A good marketing specialist will answer your questions, and maybe hand you his card and tell you to take your time and come back when you make a decision. You will feel comfortable with that person and begin to trust him because he showed himself to be an expert in his field. More than that, he showed an interest in your needs.

Internet Attraction Marketing is A Little Like That Salesman

That salesman was a professional.  That's what you must learn to be.  That salesman wasn't selling cars he was selling himself, that's what you must learn to do.

Do you think that a car salesman was born with the ability to market automobiles?  Absolutely not, it took time to learn about all the cars on the market today. Their good points their bad points, motors transmissions, accessories and so on.

Mistakes were made and he learned from them. But he finally became the kind of person every dealership want's working for them because he sells cars to satisfied costomers. Those customers keep coming back over and over again, just to deal with him, because they trust him.

Mom's work at home, start a new business at home, a real internet  business at home, with a real and regular income. You need to do what that car salesman did, Learn the trade from the bottom up. That's where I can help. I am an internet attraction marketing guide with the qualifications to lead you where you need to go to learn to be a real professional marketer.

If you are sincere and have the intestinal fortitude to stick with it and not become discouraged I want to help, and I won't charge you one cent for my help.  Contact me at:   Grant23@embarqmail.com

I will have some questions to ask you and I am sure you will have questions for me and that is what this is all about, both you and I need to be professional information providers, like that car salesman was. You will also find out how you can start earning while you are learning.

When I was learning all of this I found it to be fun and exciting I want you have that same experience. In just a couple of months you will be a professional.

Attraction marketing is all about selling yourself as a professional and sharing what you know with others. Does that sound difficult? If you can carry on a good conversation with a friend, you can do it on the internet. The difference is, it's a one way conversation thats all. Some people I know are very good at that, in a face to face conversation,  You can't get a word in edgewise.

As you learn you will want to share, the more you read the more you learn, the more learn the more  you have to share with others. You will develope your own writing voice and people will be attracted to you and will want to get to know you better. Soon they will want to join you in what ever business proposition you have to offer.

Mom's, work at home start a new business at home and begin enjoying a new kind freedom. the freedom to stay at home and earn a nice income and still be able to look after your families needs. Just remember it wont be easy but when you are done, If you do it the right, way you will have a thriving business you can pass on to your children. A business that will just keep going and going, like the energizer bunny.

Good wealth to you.