WHAT DO YOU NEED TO START A BUSINESS

By: mark simmons

Ok, like many other people worldwide, you have realized that if you are going to have a fulfilling life and financial freedom, you are going to have to do it yourself. You realized that your boss's job is to make sure that you do not become financially free. You now have made the first step. The step that still many people will not make. For some reason, people would rather stay in their compfort zone and have a job (just over broke) They don't want the committment and sacrifice of having a yob (your own business) The reason for this is because when they are done their shift they can go home, it's done. Or so they think anyway, because most people bring their work home one way or another. When did we, as individuals give up on ourselves, give up on our kids, and our spouse. But not you because you smartened up. I CONGRATULATE YOU!

You have decided that you are going to have your own business, have you decided which one or what kind. If so you could still benefit from reading this paragraph. It is imparitive that you choose the right business for you. There are several schemes and there are several businesses that are legite. I know because I have researched and investigated many! For a list of good ones you can contact me or visit my home page. Some offer 1 product or 1 service while some offer many. Each business IS different and the sooner you realize that fact, the better your decision factor will be. Another thing to remember is Multiple Streams of Income. You should strive to have an income from more than one source, that way if one slows down or halts, your not out of money, it won't effect you tremendously. A good business will allow you to join free. I have only signed up with 1 business that had an investment that ever paid off for me. Also some people may not have money to start a business, so they need a opportunity that is free to start. If you are not one of those people, I would still suggest starting a free one becasue the money you would use for an investment could be used for advertising. Although you can advertise for free. You will hear many people saying you can't but that is because they want you to spend money. That is an ongoing controversal. Here are the facts and you decide for yourself.

* You can build your business with little or no money

* You can be successful!

* You can have success with a signup cost or no cost

* All opportunities require an investment. Either TIME or MONEY.

* Which is more important to YOU?

* You can invest both, but which ever one you are lacking in, is going to require more of the other one.

* Any success will require sacrifice. !!!!!!THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!! therefore I will say it again. ANY SUCCESS WILL REQUIRE SACRIFICE.

* You must believe in yourself. Have faith.

* YOUR LIFE IS LIMITED TO YOUR BELIEF!

* Cut negativity out of your life.

* Increase the positivity

Now let's move on! Which ever business you start with, learn everything you can about this business. The options, how do you get paid, what are your benefits to referring others, how do they get paid, what are all of the products and services. Do you have all your payment information set in your account? Do they offer any free advertising or advertising credits to other sites. Do they have an advertising co-op. Browse through your account and make sure you understand EVERYTHING, if you don't, now would be an excellent time to test the SUPPORT of this business, send an email or call them. I offer phone, instant message, and email support but some businesses don't, they just have email.

* TIP- a good business will have different venues of support

* A good business will have extensive training.

Now that you understand what you are doing, how to do it, and how you get paid, let's get to the nitty gritty. The ideas I have listed are extensive. You don't have to do everything listed in order to benefit, now with that said:

* YOUR SUCCESS WILL DEPEND ON WHICH ACTIONS YOU GO THROUGH WITH:

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o YOU SKIP A FEW, YOUR SUCCESS WILL SKIP A FEW

o THE MORE YOU DO, THE SOONER SUCCESS WILL COME FOR YOU!

o THE MORE YOU SKIP, THE LESS THAT YOU ARE IN NEED OF SUCCESS

After that I probably lost half of my readers because people don't want to hear that, and if so this article isn't for them. It is geared to the people that want to be successful, need to be successful.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFO ON THE RESOURCES BELOW ON MY HOME PAGE, WHERE I HAVE A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR FREE ADVERTISING.

1. GENERATING TRAFFIC (see below for explanations)

2.

1. MANUAL TRAFFIC EXCHANGES

2. AUTO SURF PROGRAMS (SITES)

3. TEXT AD EXCHANGES

4. TRAFFIC TOOLBARS (SOFTWARE)

3. BLOGS

4.

1. START YOUR OWN BLOG

2. COMMENT ON OTHER BLOGS AND LEAVE YOUR SIGNATURE (with your link)

5. FORUMS

6.

1. POST ON FORUMS (link in signature)

7. GUESTBOOKS

8.

1. SIGN GUESTBOOKS (link in signature)dont post if link isn't allowed-you would be wasting your time

9. BACKLINKS

10.

1. FIND OTHER SITES TO LINK TO (backlinks back to you)

11. SOCIAL NETWORKING

12.

1. MYSPACE,FACEBOOK

2. TWITTER

3. SQUIDOO (CREATE A LENS)

13. YAHOO ANSWERS (follow rules on links)

14. SAFELISTS

15. LEAD GENERATORS

16. NEWSLETTER

17. AUTO RESPONDER

18. EMAIL ADDRESSES (you are going to need at least 4 -gmail)

This will start you off and hopefully not overwhelm you. Beleive it or not, there is so much more, but this will get you going in the right direction. Now I wil go in to more detail but for a better explanation visit my website,

1. Generating traffic programs-you basically exchange time for advertising.

2.

1. Manual-you surf sites and you are earning credits for the sites to be used as advertising for you site.You have to click an icon to browse to next site.

2. Auto surfs-self explanatory-just like manual but you dont click on any icons

3. Ad exchanges. same as manual but you click on link ads and browse text ads to earn points. A timer will display after clicking.

4. Traffic toolbars-toolbars that installs on your browser and it shows mini-ads on your toolbar. you are earning credits as you do your normal browsing to be used for advertising

3. Blogs-Start your own blog, and post often. In having a blog, you will become trusted, increase traffic to site by placing an ad, a link , or just a link in your signature after each post

4. Forums-post on forums with your link in your signature. This will create backlinks and generate traffic

5. Guestbooks-same as forums

6. Backlinks are links to your site placed on a different site. ie: I place your link on my website,

7. Social networking, serves many purposes, generate traffic if your links are on your profile, you can have ads, meet new people, when setting up your profile don't pertray your self as a spammer. Don't have too many ads and don't sound like a salesman, set up your profile as if it is your personal one.

8. Yahoo answers-find questions that you know the answer to and answer them, you earn points and you can ask questions, it is fun and generates backlinks and traffic.

9. Safelists-matter of opinion, some say they work and some say they don't. Actually they do but don't spend a lot of time writing your ad because if their free ones than your percentage of people responding is going to be low.

10. Lead generators- there is a lot of sites that help you to generate leads, useful programs actually. They are all different and offer different services.

11. Newsletter-start your own newsletter and then put a newsletter signup on your site and your blog for people to sign up in which you would need an auto responder as well. with your newsletter your building your list of leads!

12. Auto responder-self explanatory-it automatically sends out emails to your leads and your list predefined by you.

13. Emails.-I recommend gmail because most safelists require them and the lead generating programs as well

14.

1. strictly for auto responder

2. strictly for safelists

3. strictly for you-the email you will be checking constantly.

4. strictly for advertising- manual exchanges, auto surfs etc.