Most people will fail at their own business, especially a home based business.
It's not that most people aren't smart enough to have success.
It's because they lack the information necessary to to establish and build on a strong business informational background.
Here are the top 5 secrets to achieve success in establishing and growing your home-based business.
Secret #1 Become a Leader.
What is a Leader? Become a leader.
You must develop the personality traits and skills that will make you a good leader.
A good leader is well read.
You must constantly read about the industry regarding your business opportunity.
Learn about market trends and the who, what, why, where and when of your product and service.
That means reading articles, trade magazines, or even taking courses.
Leaders are confident and gracious.
Leaders are visionary; so, change your perspective.
Try to look for the opportunity in every scenario rather than just the downside.
No matter the scenario in life, there are always winners and losers.
Leaders are well dressed with well-pressed clothes and sparkling clean shoes.
Leaders are also writers.
Write articles and newsletters and eventually books.
Start small with articles and newsletters to establish your credibility and position as an expert.
Use correct grammar.
Your speech may suggest to people that you may not be a leader.
Poor grammar or speech may strongly push people away.
Remember, you are your business: You, Inc.
Your business opportunity or income opportunity is not your business.
You are.
Secret #2 Use Time Wisely Time is a precious and limited commodity.
Don't you waste it or let anyone waste your time.
Plan every minute of your day and stick to that schedule.
Don't waste time on people who are not serious or refuse to be decision-makers.
You are either engaged in activity that is positively or negatively impacting your business.
Posture alot.
In other words, give an impression that time and decision making is of the essence and that you are offering an opportunity, not begging or selling.
Secret #3 Surround Yourself with A or Alpha Players? What are Alpha Players? Your team should have other leaders, especially if you are doing network marketing (mlm) or direct sales.
Don't worry, you won't have to find A players if you yourself one.
People will be attracted to you because they perceive you as credible or as a leader.
Alpha players follow the same secrets of this article.
You become the people with whom you spend time.
Secret #3 Professional Website with Your Own Domain and properly search engine optimized (SEO).
A professional website (in content and appearance) is a must.
Remember, the site represents you.
You should own your own domain.
Don't just have a page on someone else's website with a long name: For example, YourBusiness.
whatever/TheCowJumpedOverTheMoon.
Your content should be written with professional style and helpful and keyword rich content.
Make sure someone who knows what they are doing helps you with SEO (search engine optimization).
SEO is a topic that books are written on.
However, proper SEO techniques include: a good site map, keyword rich content, proper titles (page and browser), and good meta tags.
Remember, it's through the search engines such as Google and Yahoo that people will find your site or even stumble on your site.
When people search for sites in a search engine, if you don't come up on the first 3 or 4 pages, it's unlikely that they will continue surfing beyond these search results.
Therefore, page or search engine rank is critical.
The closer you are to first page results the better off you are.
Secret #4 Help People No matter what your product or service, if your main objective is not helping people, you will fail.
Good business or income opportunities are ones that help people solve problems or come up with solutions.
If all you want to do is make is money, you will surely fail.
Find out what people need and give it to them.
You must always have some type of give-away or free gift to help establish a relationship with people.
Place that a link on your site with your give-away.
You must give something of yourself.
Most people need some type of information to get going.
Secret #5 Place a process in place to sort Alpha players from other players.
Use software and your sales tools to do this.
Alpha players will immediately recognize an opportunity and will chase you for more information.
It's not that most people aren't smart enough to have success.
It's because they lack the information necessary to to establish and build on a strong business informational background.
Here are the top 5 secrets to achieve success in establishing and growing your home-based business.
Secret #1 Become a Leader.
What is a Leader? Become a leader.
You must develop the personality traits and skills that will make you a good leader.
A good leader is well read.
You must constantly read about the industry regarding your business opportunity.
Learn about market trends and the who, what, why, where and when of your product and service.
That means reading articles, trade magazines, or even taking courses.
Leaders are confident and gracious.
Leaders are visionary; so, change your perspective.
Try to look for the opportunity in every scenario rather than just the downside.
No matter the scenario in life, there are always winners and losers.
Leaders are well dressed with well-pressed clothes and sparkling clean shoes.
Leaders are also writers.
Write articles and newsletters and eventually books.
Start small with articles and newsletters to establish your credibility and position as an expert.
Use correct grammar.
Your speech may suggest to people that you may not be a leader.
Poor grammar or speech may strongly push people away.
Remember, you are your business: You, Inc.
Your business opportunity or income opportunity is not your business.
You are.
Secret #2 Use Time Wisely Time is a precious and limited commodity.
Don't you waste it or let anyone waste your time.
Plan every minute of your day and stick to that schedule.
Don't waste time on people who are not serious or refuse to be decision-makers.
You are either engaged in activity that is positively or negatively impacting your business.
Posture alot.
In other words, give an impression that time and decision making is of the essence and that you are offering an opportunity, not begging or selling.
Secret #3 Surround Yourself with A or Alpha Players? What are Alpha Players? Your team should have other leaders, especially if you are doing network marketing (mlm) or direct sales.
Don't worry, you won't have to find A players if you yourself one.
People will be attracted to you because they perceive you as credible or as a leader.
Alpha players follow the same secrets of this article.
You become the people with whom you spend time.
Secret #3 Professional Website with Your Own Domain and properly search engine optimized (SEO).
A professional website (in content and appearance) is a must.
Remember, the site represents you.
You should own your own domain.
Don't just have a page on someone else's website with a long name: For example, YourBusiness.
whatever/TheCowJumpedOverTheMoon.
Your content should be written with professional style and helpful and keyword rich content.
Make sure someone who knows what they are doing helps you with SEO (search engine optimization).
SEO is a topic that books are written on.
However, proper SEO techniques include: a good site map, keyword rich content, proper titles (page and browser), and good meta tags.
Remember, it's through the search engines such as Google and Yahoo that people will find your site or even stumble on your site.
When people search for sites in a search engine, if you don't come up on the first 3 or 4 pages, it's unlikely that they will continue surfing beyond these search results.
Therefore, page or search engine rank is critical.
The closer you are to first page results the better off you are.
Secret #4 Help People No matter what your product or service, if your main objective is not helping people, you will fail.
Good business or income opportunities are ones that help people solve problems or come up with solutions.
If all you want to do is make is money, you will surely fail.
Find out what people need and give it to them.
You must always have some type of give-away or free gift to help establish a relationship with people.
Place that a link on your site with your give-away.
You must give something of yourself.
Most people need some type of information to get going.
Secret #5 Place a process in place to sort Alpha players from other players.
Use software and your sales tools to do this.
Alpha players will immediately recognize an opportunity and will chase you for more information.