8 Competitive Advantages

When choosing a business, there are several things to consider which are important to you making money or you losing money in your home business. Be sure to consider each of these points when making your decision.

· Continuity product program – does it continue to expand on a real time basis. This is important as the market is continually changing as well as the marketing strategies that we need to use.

· World Class Training - does the company you are looking at provide world class training and support? Most of the time the distributors and enrollers are providing most of the training which takes a lot of time and skills. Few people have the time and skills necessary.

· No pass up sales – When you get into business I assume that you are doing it to make money. If you make a sale, do you want to give those profits to someone else when you did the work and bore the expense? No. I wouldn’t either.

· In profit with only 3 people – Wouldn’t it be nice to be making money without having to recruit many people? Well you can in some business opportunities. Make sure that the business is set up so that you can start making profits fast. Also check the commission percentage. Seven or eight percent is pretty low. Aim for fifty percent, otherwise you will just be making money for your sponsor and upline.

· Marketing set up service – when we first get started, most of us don’t know anything about getting everything set up. Does company X offer me help in getting my marketing set up?

· Focus Group – will you have access to the leaders of the company? Can you share your ideas with someone who has the power to implement them in the company if they are viable? Will I have the opportunity to express my concerns or get things changed that don’t work. This should be on a regular basis.

· Combination of high and low profit points – Everyone has different needs and desires. Is there something for everyone or will I be limited to the few people who want what I have or can afford it? The majority of the people coming into this industry don’t have extra money.

· Ultimate product – What is the ultimate product? In the affiliate marketing and network marketing or MLM business arena, the most important thing for me or any newbie coming into the business is to have the proper training, teaching and entrepreneur development program so that their success can be certain. There are companies that provide this part of the equation and do a very good job at it. In the past, the industry has had a 97% failure rate and that has been largely because this part – the know how training – has been sorely missing. Make sure that you have this kind of training available even if you have to outsource it from your primary company.

For an example of a company that provides excellent know how training and entrepreneur development, click here.

I’m know that you are like everyone else; you are in business to make money. So do your homework and make sure that the business opportunity that you are looking for has these competitive advantages so that you are sure to make money.

Make You Day Count

Every day is a gift to us! What we make of it is totally up to you and me. Do you know what you are going to do today? Have you made any plans for your day yet?
As a business entrepreneur, I have goals and targets that I want to get accomplished. Some of those goals are long term like 5 to 10 years away but some of them are much shorter like one month to a year. What I do now will determine whether or not I attain those goals in the future or not. And if I really apply myself well and have a little luck, I may just blow right by those goals. Wouldn’t that be just great!

It all starts here and now. TODAY! Today must count. What is it that is the most important thing or task that you need to accomplish today. Then plan to do that task during a part of your day that you are at peek performance and are least likely to be interfered with. Each of us has our favorite time of the day in which we prefer to engage in those tasks that require our complete attention and concentration. You know when that is so when you plan your day, schedule the tasks that will require the most concentration during that time. Then go from there and schedule in the easier things that need to be done.

Those things might be washing clothes, mowing the lawn, washing dishes, fixing the car and the list goes on. Do you understand why you need to ‘seize your day’ if you are going to get all of those things done? For me, I have lots of things to do. As a farmer, there are times when I am very busy in the field or working on machinery or doing paper work. As an Organic farmer, there is a fair amount of documenting and record-keeping that needs to be done. So when am I going to do the necessary tasks that need to be done to build my internet marketing business?

Well for me that time is right now. Before I get busy with everything else. If I don’t take the time to do my marketing at the proper time, it just might not get done. And oh, I forgot about my family. Four kids and a wife… yes they need some time too! I’m sure that you get the idea by now. Each and every one of us needs to plan out our day so that we are sure that we accomplish those tasks that ‘must be done’ in order for us to reach our long term goals. Remember this-we will reach our long term goals and dreams because we reached our short term goals and that may be as short as planning one hour at a time.

I was told by an elderly person many years ago that a successful day starts the evening before. Start thinking about your next day. What do I want to accomplish and what do I need to line up now to make that happen. Also, what time do I need to start my day to get it all done. So maybe I should get to bed in a good time so I will get enough rest. Take some time to think about these things. Don't work youself too hard, be sur to take some time for R&R!

And remember this; every day is a gift to us! What we make of it is totally up to you and me. Have an awesome day!