Happy New Year

I want to wish you all a Happy New Year. May your home based business bloom in this extraordinary year of 2008. It seems like 2007 went too fast for me.

If you have to drive, drive safely. If you have to drink, please don't drive. You don't want 2008 to be a rocky start for you.

Sincerely,

Sidney, Luz, and Katherine


P.S. Make it a New Years Resolution to learn the art of selling without selling. Just as Bruce Lee said in his "Enter the Dragon" movie where he said to this one tournament participant about the "art of fighting without fighting".

Get Your Own Website In 5 Minutes For Free

"Are you just starting a home-based business and needed to have a website setup?"

"Even if you're a computer dunce, are you going to let that stop you from setting up a website?"

"Do you believe you need to know HTML or FTP to get your own website up in 5 minutes?"

"Can't afford Dreamweaver or FrontPage to get a website going in 5 minutes?"

"Are you losing exposure to your business, therefore, potential sales because you don't have a website?"

"Do you need a simple landing page and don't have a website to do it?

Your problems are over. Just go to http://www.weebly.com and sign up for an account.

Here are the features:

• You can setup navigation buttons - go and see http://aboutsidney.weebly.com - this is what I'm using to market myself.
  
• You can setup your fonts
• You can put images
• You can put plain HTML code - for your affiliate programs
• You don't need to know HTML nor Javascript
• You can setup your own landing page.
• You can setup your blogs.
  

There is NO catch. You just need to put your own stuff in it. Just remember that any form submitted through your landing page will go to the email address you entered. So I encourage you to sign up for this.

Spending Money On Leads?

Are you spending too much money on leads like I did? I won't mention company names since I might get into hot water, but all I will tell you is I average over $100 spending on lead companies and I still have some people who say that they don't recall filling out a survey.

Some lead companies sell leads that are exclusive to the company you work with, but I believe this is an understatement because in the first place how did these people know they want to work with this company to begin with. For example, I got a phone call from the one of the lead company reps and was told that these leads have already shown interest in working with this company.

Apparently, I didn't buy them because they are way too expensive. If I use an expensive bait and caught no fish, I wouldn't get my money's worth and can go bankrupt real quick.

The next best thing for me is to do Google Adwords and Yahoo Search. With the use of the ideas that I got from Magnetic Sponsoring, I was able to generate my own product leads and I'm getting them like hotcakes. However, I'm also focusing on getting leads so that I can sponsor those who wanted to join my team, but because of the competition in trying to get people to join you, I would have to find other ways in generating those leads.

Although I haven't put buying home based business leads in the back burner, I would make sure that I take the most economical route in getting those leads. However, I want to get a good return of investment.

If you're looking for ways to generate free leads like I did, I encourage you to get a copy of Magnetic Sponsoring. If you're serious about exploding your business and make sure that you're not leaving money on the table, and also finding out why you shouldn't promote your business to your friends, and learn how to become a leader in your organization, you won't think twice or thrice about picking up Magnetic Sponsoring.

What Expenses Can Be Deducted In Your Home Based Business

It's almost tax time and we all have to file our taxes. Some of you would be dreading this time of the year because you may have to look for your paperwork, receipts, your earnings, and probably the previous year's tax return. Unless you run your home business as a corporation when you can choose which month do you want to end your year, it otherwise ends in December 31.

The only thing I could say is anything you spend that's incidental to running your business is deductible. However, any assets like furniture, computers, vehicles, and perhaps a portion of your house may need to be depreciated for several years. Furniture usually takes about 10-15 years, computers are usually 3 years, and vehicles are 5 years. Books and training you purchase may be deducted as an expense in its entirety, like the Magnetic Sponsoring book. How about leads that you purchase? They are deductible since they are incidental to running your business. Trips to convention (including hotels, rental cars, convention fee, and plane tickets) are deductible.

I'm sure there are many more, but if you don't know what you're doing, I highly recommend that you consult a certified public accountant (CPA). You want to focus on doing your business and don't let the tax blues hold you up. I recall the guy who played "Uncle Jesse" in the Dukes of Hazzard TV Show, the late-Denver Pyle, has hired an accountant to keep track of what comes in and out of his bank account and because of that, he was able to focus in his acting career. Thus, if you want to spend more time focusing in your business, just hire a CPA to free you with the worries.

Why Start A Home Based Business

Why should you do a home-based business

First of all, the main reason for starting your home-based business is to take total control of your life.

You can do what is called a brick-and-mortar type business. However, you need to find a location for it, pay rent, utilities, phone, insurance, hire and fire employees, deal with local regulations, provide employee benefits, and the list goes on. In addition, you have to be consistent with your business hours or else you'll lose customers. I've known people who have this kind of business and within 5 years, they shut it down because of the high overhead, the stress, and the headaches in running it. If you take vacations, you need to have someone run the business. At the end of a period, you also need to deal with generating financial statements, in which, you need to hire a certified public accountant.

In the case of working a job, like most people do including me, whether it's full time or part time, you work under their terms, not yours. When working for someone else, you help them get promoted or get rich. One screw up determines your fate.

Many people like me dread waking up in the morning and have to go to work. That may include commuting for about an hour or two back and forth to your job. You may run into rush-hour traffic and may need to find parking when you get there. Isn't that terrible that you have to go through that just to make it through life? Giving yourself 20-40 years of your life with undying loyalty to work for someone and then just before you approach retirement age, you get laid off? How about doing a terrific job on a project and one day your time comes for a promotion and you don't make the cut. Or you went through several interviews and didn't get selected for a job that you might spend a good portion of your life. Is that what you want to go through? Leave your kids behind to go to work?

Anyone can do a home based business if they have the right attitude for it. As far as experience is concerned? I don't know. I believe it goes with the character and temperament of each person.

I'm sold in the business model used by the company I work with. It's a better model than what most businesses use and it's more convenient for the business owner.

In this business, give it about 4 consistent years and you'll make more than twice your boss.

I'm gonna borrow a phrase from Kim Klaver. Do you want to make the change or stay the way you are?

I encourage you to make the change. If you're currently employed, do your due diligence. There are tools that allow you to start your own business. There are also teams that can help you get your business going. However, the call is still yours...whether you want to make the change or stay the way you are.

One thing I would recommend to you is before you go into any venture, make sure you pick up a copy of Magnetic Sponsoring. This book tells you the realities that you will face when you do any home-based business, but it will better prepare you on how you will execute your business. In any business, you need to come up with leads. You can purchase telephone-verified opt-in leads (between $4-$5 per lead) or generate your own leads. You do it the first way, you may wind up going broke. This book will help you get started in generating your own leads practically for almost nothing. In addition, it will help you gather all the pieces in helping you become a leader.

It doesn't matter if you work with me or you work with someone else. The bottom line is you have a grip on what you're doing with your home business gig.

Otherwise, you'll remain in the dark on how the home-based business industry work. Do yourself a favor. If you're tired of the 9-6 rat race, the 4-hour commute, and uncertainty in your job, I encourage you to start a home-based business and pick up a copy of Magnetic Sponsoring. You won't regret it.