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How to Develop a Good Investment Strategy

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

Every person reading this article will be living, working and investing in different circumstances, with mind boggling possibilities for variation.

For example:



One person may have a full time job, but invests part time;
Another may run a small business, with investment on the side;
Yet another may invest full time, as a business.

However, very few of us get to start full time investing right away – we just don’t have the capital. So, what to do? You need to develop your own long term Investment Plan – one that will allow you make changes in your circumstances and lifestyle. Every plan must be different, and your plan needs to be flexible. Here are some principles that you can use to develop your own plan:



Don’t quit your day job until you have built up sufficient capital to weather the inevitable draw downs that every investor has to go through. Don’t live in the stupidly false hope that it won’t happen to you – it will! Take this as a given, and plan for it!

Start with a relatively low risk, but steady investment strategy (like selling options). Save the windmills (like buying options) for when you have the time to really focus on your investments. Once you have built up your capital with a relatively safe (and boring) strategy, start branching out into more fun stuff!

Diversify your investments, at several levels. Invest in different types of investment vehicles like stocks, bonds, CDs, mutual funds and dividend earners. Use different investment strategies, in ways that match your lifestyle, time allocation and risk tolerance. Consider long term position trading, momentum trading, swing trading, selling options (like credit spreads and naked puts), buying options (buying puts and calls or Deep-in-the-money options). Allocate your portfolio to different TYPES of investments and different STRATEGIES of investment.

Add an extra leg to your income generating efforts. If you have a full time job, then start a small business on the side – one that can run itself once you have set it up.  Unless you really need this money, use the income from this business as seed money for your investment portfolio.

Don’t get obsessed with investing. Invest for a purpose, not just to get rich. Use the money to GET A LIFE – preferably with your family. The classics are too full of stories and histories of people who end up hugely rich, but divorced, abandoned by their children, rejected by their friends… and so on. Investing can swallow a person up, and unless you keep a large perspective, you can drown.

GET OUT OF DEBT! Why pay interest to someone else, when you could be investing that money. I am talking about all kinds of debt….credit card, mortgage…everything! Add up all the interest that you have paid this year, then work out how rich you would be if you had taken that money (instead of making someone else fat) and invested it in plan that gave you a good return. The result will shock you!

Be generous!!! History shows that generous people are always much better off and much happier than the other kind.

Remember: those who fail to plan plan to fail. The cliche is old, but truth remains!

To learn more about developing your own investment plan, have a look at this page.

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Home Business Reviews – Revealing 5 Secrets to Separate the Good From the Bad

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Popping up everywhere now on the internet are new home business opportunities. There seems to be a new product every second day. The need has arisen to review this great number of new home business ideas. Here is a set of secrets to helping the potential home business owner to decide how to make the best decision and not get scammed.

1)The 1 in 12 rule: It is an unfortunate fact, that roughly 1 in 12 of the home business opportunities out there are simply scams, and reviews by experts have shown this to be the case. Often their blueprints just don’t work. This is a quick statistic that should incite you to be careful when selecting the home business model that is right for you, and when you are being offered one of the many home start-up packages out there. Of course, about 10% of the offers are absolutely valid, and they do deliver.

2)The Lure of Wealth: This is often the trick used to completely fool the prospect into buying the offer. Many of the website owners out there will show an extravagant wealth mask, and they will give the impression that they made millions, however this is not to be trusted. Seeing this, many people are blinded and miss the bigger picture. Often it is just an empty promise, without any real workable method of making money.

3)The Quick Money E-Book: An e-book is an easy to make one time document, and often it is seen that home business promoters only offer a one time e-book offer. This is the core of a get-quick-rich scheme. The webmaster will promise big things, and ask for a one time payment, and that is the end of the relationship. If home businesses could succeed by simply buying an e-book, there would be a hell of a lot more successes out there today. However as home business reviews have shown, over 95% of businesses fail. It strongly points toward need for a longer term plan, support network and personal effort.

4)Real Skills Training: In order to achieve success in a home business, it is necessary to attain specialized home business knowledge. Home business reviews on the net have shown that the knowledge that is so often delivered for people’s dollars falls below the level required, and the knowledge is not well managed or well directed. People out there have massive potential to do well in their own business, and it has been proven that they only need some special support as well as individual willingness to make it from idea to success.

5)Honesty and Guarantees: This speaks for itself. The legitimate websites on the internet that provide guarantees are the most trustworthy, and often they will give the prospect a timeframe to give it a try. This is the kind of promise to look out for. This is so because you know then that it is not a scam, and you will be in control of the level of success you can achieve. If it was not for you after the time frame, you will get your money back.

It is hoped that the above pointers will help some of you real home business prospects to choose wisely. ®All Rights Reserved

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How Do you Know if It?s a Good Internet Business Opportunity?

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Now days Internet businesses are popping up all over the place and I mean that literally! Seems every time you visit a website if it isn’t already suggesting you join, just as you click to leave, you see a pop up window asking for your name and email!! There are so many of these types of ads that it has become an annoying factor, making for pop up blocking options within most browsers.

However, some of these pop ups can actually be a legitimate Internet business opportunity. The challenge comes in knowing which ones you should take action on and which ones to simply delete or ignore.

One-way to judge whether you should “sign up”, is to look (study) the information on the screen itself. No matter if it’s in the form of a pop up or you’ve gone directly to the URL address. Use your common sense, if it appeals to you and your senses chances are it will be appealing to others as well. This may make for easy or easier duplication when you decide to market or promote the same information.

A sign of a good Internet business opportunity is seeing they have an attractive lead capture page. Without an appealing lead capture page, you can bet there will not be any solid system in place to contact or follow up with your prospects. Most lead capture pages will gain the prospects name and email address as a bare minimum, others may go a bit farther and request the users phone number as well. Some even go as far as to require the individual to supply a valid address along with other items of interest such as; occupation, hobbies, etc.

The more information required the less “sign ups” however, it becomes a trade off. Requiring more information usually turns into more quality leads but less quantity. Depending on your method or preferences for following up a lead, you may prefer a “slim” selection to a detailed web form.

A good Internet business opportunity will also have a built in auto responding system. Once a lead is captured, it should request a confirmation from the prospect and immediately send the first of many auto generated letters. Prompting them to take action on your behalf. By requesting (actually requiring) a confirmation to their registration, you will eliminate bogus email addresses and eliminate SPAM accusations.

You will want to verify any testimonials or “case studies” that may be published to gain your confidence. Sometimes you will see an overkill of information making you feel as if matters must be true. When it may just be part of the marketing tactics of the promoter. The most common form of advertising today is “long copy”! Placing readers into overwhelm and giving the impression of “gosh … it must be real (true) … look at all these people’s results!” Focus on the FACTS and not the HYPE!

The old saying “Facts tell, stories sell” definitely applies when researching for a real Internet business opportunity.

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Why Buy-and-hold is a Good Investment Strategy

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Investment analysts say that buy-and-hold is the best investment strategy for the average consumer. But do you really understand why?

After all, the idea of a fast dollar on a stock is appealing. Buy low and sell high. Do this enough and you should come out on top, right?

Well, not exactly. Timing the market is almost impossible to succeed at. Eventually, you will lose. There are some that win using market timing, but you have a good chance that it won’t be you.

A study by the Financial Analyst Journal compared the results between market timing and buy-and-hold strategies. The authors looked at data from 1929 to 1999. They looked at all six major US asset classes to see if market timing is effective when compared to buy-and-hold investing.

The study looked at several different market timing methods. And what they found was that sometimes it does work. Two people out of every 1,000 will come out on top with market timing.

Ninety-eight percent of buy-and-hold investors will come out on top.

The trick to making money in stocks is not really found in buying and selling. It is found in investing for the long term. Do you know what your chances are in making money on a stock. You have a 70% chance that an investment in stocks will make money in any given year. If you leave your money in for the long run, you have a better chance of coming out on top.

However, I’m not saying invest and forget. You need to know why you invested in the first place. Before you invest, know what your objectives are. You need to make sure that your investments are goal orientated. You sell investments that become inappropriate for your portfolio and goals and buy ones that fit in. This is buy-and-hold in action.

If you want to protect an investment, don’t look at the individual stock price. Set yourself out points on the high and low side. You sell if it reaches this high or if it goes this low. If you don’t set these guidelines and realize a loss, what are you going to do? Do you wait it out or take the loss?

You start over with the money you have right now and choose a new investment. This time you will set yourself out points. There is nothing you can do about the money you have lost, but you can prevent losing even more.

Don’t hold onto stocks just to be stubborn. Realize when you made a mistake and start over. Change what you are doing so that you don’t return to this place again. Set goals. Know why you are investing. Know your top price and your low price. And don’t try to time the market, you have a 99.8% chance it won’t work.

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Commercial Loan Trends – Good News and Bad News

Monday, April 13th, 2009

It was truly a good news mixed with bad news situation when reviewing business finance developments that occurred during 2007. Many of the commercial loan trends that emerged last year have significant implications for commercial borrowers seeking either new financing or refinancing in the coming months.

For business cash advance and credit card processing services, the past 12 months have been characterized by significant changes. There were many providers both entering and exiting these business activities. The fact that many poor providers have been forced to stop their role in these complex working capital services is positive news for business owners. But the bad news is that there are still many new and inexperienced companies attempting to operate in this complex field.

A similar trend involving inexperience can be seen in viewing the large number of residential financing brokers now attempting to transition into business financing. Since by some estimates approximately 100,000 residential financing employees lost their jobs during 2007, there is a real possibility that thousands of unqualified brokers will be entering the business finance field during 2008 or have already started the process.

During 2007 (and continuing into 2008 and 2009) there was also noticeable attrition in SBA loan providers. This is primarily a positive development, since the field has long been overpopulated with inadequate business lenders.

During the past 12 months a large number of regional and local banks eliminated or reduced their business financing services. Perhaps the most negative aspect of this development is that most borrowers received very little advance notice from their previous lenders and therefore had to scramble to arrange new financing. If there is a positive aspect to this development it is probably that many borrowers confronted with the need to suddenly find alternative commercial financing sources have often ended up with much better terms by dealing with a new lender that specializes in commercial real estate financing and working capital management.

A general business loan trend impacting refinancing is the reduction in loan-to-value ratios, especially when borrowers are attempting to get some of their equity out of the business in cash. Increased down payments are increasingly necessary to purchase special purpose properties such as churches and funeral homes.

Although the general decrease in interest rates during the past year is a positive development, there will probably be some confusion among commercial borrowers who have adjustable rate terms when they do not see their rates reduced. In all likelihood, this will be due to a common clause applied to most commercial loan contracts that stipulate that the minimum rate for such agreements will never be less than the initial rate. With such a floor rate provision, this means that if a borrower starts with an adjustable rate set at 10% and then rates fall, the effective loan rate will remain at the initial rate.

A major commercial property investment trend has been some increasing activity due to the current decline in viable residential investing options. Due to many investors who would rather avoid property ownership, the lack of real estate in business opportunity investing is an attractive aspect.

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Forex News and Research – How to Separate the Good From the Bad

Friday, March 6th, 2009

FOREX stands for the foreign exchange market. This market is where currencies in the world are traded through almost 2 trillion trades completed every single day. Even though the Forex market is the largest in the world in terms of the total cash value traded, everybody is welcome to participate and has the possibility of making huge profits.

But understanding the gigantic Forex market is not easy. There is no central marketplace for currency exchange and this enormous currency market is open 24 hours a day every business day, with currencies being traded between every major worldwide financial centers.  How do you make incredible profits in Forex rather that falling in with the 95% of traders who do not? By relying on solid Forex market research, currency news and solid analysis rather than by instinct or gut feeling.

There are two basic approaches to Forex market analysis: fundamental and technical.  Fundamental Forex analysis reviews external factors.  Technical Forex analysis focuses on the market patterns.  Both Analyses can let a Forex investor know how prices and investments will be affected so the investor can choose the best Forex investment.

Forex markets fluctuations are not completely random; they move like a wave or remain neutral. To make profits in the Forex market, you need to pay attention to the wave pattern.  Then, you will be aware of the Forex market directing and be best able to predict the when and what for the next change.  In addition to the pattern of fluctuations, the Forex market is very sensitive to major world events and news including politics; natural disasters, business changes, and military actions.  By watching global news and knowing which things are likely to positively and negatively affect the Forex market, you can make the best Forex trades.  Having access to current Forex market research and competent analysis means you can invest and sell at the right time for the highest Forex profits.

Now that you know what kind of Forex market information you need, how can you find the best source for Forex market analysis?  You need to rely on sources from other Forex traders, like FreshPips.com, that will help you discover interesting and useful Forex news and research.  A good Forex news source will incorporate the biggest news sites to little known blogs. With a good source of Forex News, you are ready to be a successful Forex trader.

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Is a Home Money Making Business Opportunity Too Good to Be True

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Let’s face it; the internet has made life a lot easier for many people, for many reasons. The internet and home-based businesses go hand-in-hand, and as the internet grows and evolves, so too do the business opportunities for those wishing to make money online. Thanks to the advent of the internet, companies are able to save costs on rental for office space and other resources, because now they’re able to create “virtual offices” and hire people to work from home for them. People can now choose to free themselves of the shackles of a nine-to-five job, choosing instead to be their own employer and work on their own terms. But I know you’re probably asking yourself by now, is a home money making business opportunity too good to be true?

The truth is, an online business opportunity can potentially give you three things: allowance to manage your own time and resources, perpetual income, and a steady compounded growth over time. There are in fact several advantages to working from home as opposed to your traditional nine-to-five. For example, you get to save on transportation costs – be it on gas or money spent on public transport – because your home has become your office. Heck, you could roll out of bed and start working right away. Or you can stay in bed, whatever works for you. The point is, everything that needs to be done can be done from home.

Let’s say you’ve involved yourself in an affiliate marketing program. Virtually every aspect of your work is done online. You won’t need inventory, you won’t need to deal with collections and receivables. You won’t even need to bother about seeing customers when a sale is made, because everything would have been taken care of by the company of which you’ve been chosen to be an affiliate. All that is required of you is to direct traffic to the company’s site – via your own website or blog – and you can choose to simply point people in the right direction via links, or you can go the extra mile in trying to convince them to make a purchase, by providing a product review or recommendation on your website or blog. Remuneration comes in the form of sales commission derived from a percentage of the referral sales attributed to you.

See how easy it is to make money from home?

However, when considering a work-from-home opportunity, try to find a business that has been around for quite a number of years. Typically you can tell the legitimacy of a business by how long they’ve been able to sustain themselves in the industry. Most scams tend to be short-lived operations, because it would only be a matter of time before they’re found out. If you still want to consider a business that hasn’t been around for quite a fair bit of time, make sure that they have the proper training systems in place, and that their compensation plan is fair, and is one that has been tested for quite awhile.

Also it is important to make sure your interest is at the forefront when deciding on a particular home business opportunity that you’d like to embark on. It would be pointless to take on a work-from-home job that you’ll end up disliking, because not only would you find it a waste of time, but it would also affect your self-motivation adversely. Self-motivation is key to your success in a home money making business opportunity. Choose an opportunity that will fully utilize your skills and knowledge so that you won’t feel as though you’re a fish out of water.

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Safe Investments for Good and Bad Financial Times

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Where the goal for investors was typically to get a good return on the investment, these days it’s more about finding a safe investment given the current financial conditions. Other than deposit accounts that are virtually risk free (you can’t lose your contributions), there are some options for the best investments you can make during your life whether the economy is experiencing good times or bad times.

Invest in Your Health

It doesn’t much matter where you invest your money if you aren’t healthy enough to reap the rewards of your efforts. Your health should be your most important investment for both time and financial resources. How do your finances relate to your health? You need to use your money to buy healthy foods. You need finances to see the doctor if you don’t have insurance . Invest in your health by avoiding tobacco products (and save money at the same time).

Another good investment for your health is to pay for a quality exercise program or equipment or clothing that allows you to exercise from home. Make exercise part of your daily routine for the best results, and that investment of time and dedication will go a long way in paying you dividends through a healthy lifestyle!

Your Home

Even with the increased number of foreclosures, your home is still considered one of the safest investments you can make. Dollar for dollar, the risk versus reward battle is won with a home, despite the potential to make bigger returns with smart investments in the stock market.

Deposit Accounts

Sure, the poor economy has caused a number of banks to fail, but thanks to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., no one has lost any of the money saved in various deposit accounts (savings accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, and fixed rate IRAs). The US Government saves people from losing money deposited up to a specific amount in FDIC insured banks, which makes them a good investment no matter what the conditions of the economy are. Additionally, you can drive to your local bank and withdraw money from savings or checking accounts whenever you want, without penalty.

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA)

Money invested in IRAs, whether traditional or Roth, are considered good investments in both good and bad financial times. You can deposit your money into a conservative IRA, and just sit back and allow it time to earn an attractive rate; or if you are adventurous and more hands on, you might try an IRA that allows you to call the shots and choose which stocks to buy or sell. While buying and selling stocks increases the risk, IRAs are still considered a reasonably safe investment.

Capital Preservation

If you simply want to save the money you already have without the risk of losing it, look at the various deposit accounts and find one with the highest interest rate for the term you plan to leave the money invested. Certificates of Deposit, money market accounts, and an online savings site, SmartyPig.com are all excellent choices. For other government backed savings options, you could look into Savings Bonds, Treasury Bonds, Notes or Bills, and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities.

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Home Based Business: How Good is your Marketing System (if you Even Have One?)?

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Here’s a not-so-well-known fact: there are millions (yes, MILLIONS!) of well-meaning and deserving people who are frustrated with their lack of results (as in RE$ULT$) from the investment of time, money, energy and brain cells they put into their home based business. If that’s what you’re experiencing, you’re not alone.

Knowing you’re not the only one might be comforting, but it does not solve the problem. Do YOU know how to solve the problem? Maybe a better question should be “Do you know WHAT the problem is?”

Let me answer that by telling you what the problem is NOT (contrary to what many network marketers on the Internet would like you to believe so that you will switch to their “opportunity”). The problem is NOT the home based business industry (there are thousands of network marketers making a fortune in this industry). It’s NOT the product or service you’re marketing (though if you’re selling shark cartilage at $200 a bottle, you’ve got an uphill battle on your hands).

It’s NOT the company you’re associated with (there are people making no money with excellent companies, and there are people making plenty of it with questionable companies). It’s NOT the compensation plan either (though if your plan contains words like “legs”, “left”, “right”, or “group volume”, it’s going to be tough, but not impossible).

Finally, it’s NOT your upline or sponsor, NOT the support, and NOT the training (there are people succeeding gloriously who have none of that to help them). So then, what IS that “BIG” problem that’s keeping you, and millions like you, from living the dream of financial independence and time freedom?

Here it is, stated in 17 words by one of the most successful and credible business persons currently involved in the network marketing industry (at the time of writing, this persons earns well over $100,000 a month): “95% of home based business builders struggle because they don’t have a Marketing System that actually works!”

Let me rephrase that because I want to make this absolutely clear: the vast majority of hard-working networkers are having a really difficult time making ANY money with their home based business because they don’t know how to market it, and the marketing system they are taught to use absolutely sucks!

Now, there are two possible solutions to overcoming this problem so you can experience success; I call them the preposterous “sink” solution and the prosperous “swim” solution. Using the former will make you sink to the bottom of your (insert company name) money-pit. Using the latter will enable you to swim amongst hundreds of exotic fish in the crystal clear water of Molokini Island off the coast of Maui.

What’s the preposterous solution? It’s the one you’ve probably heard the leaders of your company advocate over and over and over again (especially if neither they nor the company offer a Marketing System that actually works): work harder, spend more money on marketing and training tools, buy more MLM leads, attend more meetings, think more positive thoughts, make more calls, read more self-help books. Sounds familiar? I call it the preposterous solution because following those recommendations will only lead you to more frustration, and more wasted time and energy. You sink deeper and deeper into the hole.

That’s the solution to avoid. The solution to embrace is the prosperous solution. It’s a simple solution: choose a home business opportunity that offers a Marketing System that actually works. I’ve got a great name for such a (rare) Marketing System: PREMIUM.

Now, it might be useful for you to know what a PREMIUM Marketing System looks like and what it does for you if you want to be able to determine whether the home business opportunity you’re about to choose, or the one you’re currently struggling with, offers such a System. To help you remember, I’ve turned the word into the acronym P-R-E-M-I-U-M:

P = Pro-active

A PREMIUM Marketing System does not wait for people to call. It goes ahead and calls YOUR hot prospects before they cool down. It is also pro-active in that it stays in contact with YOUR leads and prospects by sending emails regularly. And it does it FOR you so you don’t have to learn how to set up a list, write emails that “sell”, and send those emails via autoresponders.

R = Replicable

If you’ve chosen a good income opportunity, your company, the product and the compensation plan together will make it possible for you to earn a lot of residual income over many years. Residual income is the KEY to time freedom (see Mobility).

But residual income is possible ONLY if the people you bring into the business can do what you do, and the same for the people they bring in, and so on. And that will only happen if the Marketing System is easily replicable by EVERY single person who joins your organization. Everyone. Not just the ones with money to buy ads, not just the ones with home business experience, not just the ones with selling and “closing” skills. Everyone!

E = Explaining-FREE

Explaining the product, the MLM concept, and the compensation plan is a big struggle for most people. Most are terrible at it and therefore they hate doing it. A PREMIUM Marketing System should eliminate all (or the vast majority of) the things that most people struggle with when trying to build their home based business. Things like creating a website, generating traffic, producing high-quality inexpensive leads, sorting leads to find prospects, talking to prospects, EXPLAINING the business, doing three-way calls, “closing” prospects, and training new members.

A PREMIUM Marketing System will do all those things FOR you—you never even get a chance to mess up the sale. Using such a system also means that you will NEVER again have to try and recruit your friends and family, drag people to Wednesday night hotel meetings, or have one-on-one sales conversations. Ever.

M = Mobility

Eventually, residual income will provide you with time freedom. When you are finally free to do what you want, what you don’t want is a Marketing System that operates only when you’re chained to your desk. A PREMIUM Marketing System can be run from anywhere in the world with a Blackberry or a cell phone and a laptop. Want to take a vacation? No problem. Take a week off? No problem. The System will generate, filter, and qualify your leads while experienced marketers will make all your calls and close all your sales FOR YOU!

I = Independent

A PREMIUM Marketing System should bring you success, “independent” of your level of skills. This is VERY important because it means that such a System will level the playing field for EVERYONE who joins your home business. Everyone will have an equal chance at success, regardless of their business experience, or their marketing, selling and “closing” skills. By essentially removing the new marketer (you) from the equation, one can focus on building the business while “outsourcing” the most difficult sales and marketing aspects to the qualified and experienced people running the Marketing System.

Also, your System should run ALL the time, “independent” of your level of activity. A PREMIUM Marketing System should be automated, allowing you to head out to the beach, to the mall with the kids, or on a long overdue family vacation. Your Marketing System should be working 24/7, generating, filtering and qualifying your leads and closing your sales, virtually on “autopilot”.

U = User-Friendly

A PREMIUM Marketing System should be very simple. Little to no Internet or computer skills should be needed. The only things that might be required of you should be the ability to check your email, type (even with just one finger), and browse the Internet.

A PREMIUM Marketing System should be “turnkey”. That means you can plug into the System and start using it minutes after you’ve signed on the virtual dotted line because you didn’t need to read a 95-eBook to figure out how to get started.

Also, a PREMIUM Marketing System should be wallet-friendly. Your Marketing System should be premium in quality, but not come “at a premium”.

M = Money-Making Machine

Let’s face it, you’re not investing that amount of time and energy to make “a bit of extra money”. We’re all in this because we want to make LOTS of money from home (in an ethical, moral and legal way). So, for your Marketing System to be PREMIUM, it should be a well-oiled money-making machine that works FOR you around the clock.

There you have it. There are many other attributes a PREMIUM Marketing System should possess but this is a good start. (Look for my articles entitled “Home Based Business Opportunity: an I-D-E-A-L Marketing System WILL Help You Succeed” and “Home Based Business Opportunity: THE Key to (finally) Succeeding, with a Capital S”.)

Here now are my recommendations:

1. Accept the FACT that having a Marketing System that works is KEY to success with your home business.

2. If you’ve not chosen your home business opportunity yet, review the ones you’re considering and see if their Marketing System could be labeled PREMIUM (IF they even have one…)

3. If you’re currently involved in a work from home business, review your Marketing System and see if it fits the PREMIUM description. If it doesn’t, consider switching business. Seriously!

4. If you want to study a real PREMIUM Marketing System, check out the link in the resource box below. Now, don’t get me wrong here: I’m NOT asking you to check out my business and join me. I’m suggesting that you click the link and go see for yourself a perfect example of what a real PREMIUM Marketing System looks like. You can’t evaluate how good or bad other systems are unless you have something else to compare them to. So go take a look.

Let’s summarize: we’ve identified THE big bad problem that crushes the spirit of so many good people under its ruthless thumb. That problem, of course, is lack of a Marketing System that works. We’ve taken a brief look at the preposterous solution (the one where you’ll sink you deeper and deeper). Then we’ve reviewed in more details the prosperous solution (the one that’ll enable you to swim with dolphins). Finally, we’ve suggested four actionable points to help you solve the problem that’s keeping you from living a Richer Life, the life you and your loved ones desire and deserve.

Whatever you chose to do with the invaluable information you’ve just read, I wish you a whole lot of HOME BUSINESS SUCCESS!

Daniel “BizzBooster” St-Jean

P.S. If you know some friends “in need” who could benefit from reading this article, why not email it to them now? They’ll appreciate it. Wouldn’t you?

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Jusuru International Business Review – Is Jusuru A Joke Or A Good Opportunity?

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Jusuru is a health company that provides beverages with “super foods” that claim to help all sorts of physical issues and challenges. They are also a network marketing company, and allow distributors to partner with them and earn commissions on selling the product.

Is Jusuru a scam? Is it a great opportunity? We review that now.

Jusuru – Another Super Juice

Their product follows the line of Monavie, XanGo, and others who have developed a blend of antioxidants and fruits that can now be touted as a “super juice”. The ingredients list does look impressive, and there are several positive opinions around the product, and the company itself is led by Asma Ishaq.

Their premier product is called Life Blend. It contains Resverotrol, Japanese knotweed, mangosteen, pomegranate, acai, blueberries, grapes and strawberries. The website states that just one serving of Jusuru contains as much Resveratrol as two bottles of red wine (resveratrol is supposed to help reduce the effects of aging).

The challenge with Jusuru is the marketing spin. The product is touted to “sell itself”. This is categorically untrue. If products sold themselves, then companies would not need independent distributors to sell the stuff. Companies would also not need sales teams or marketing teams to sell the product.

Product do not sell themselves – they need people selling them. And that leads to the 2nd challenge: who do you sell to? Most networking companies recommend selling to friends and family, which works short-term. Long-term, the average distributor needs some additional skills to reach their target market, and build systems that target people who are already looking for the products and opportunity they offer.

To sum, Jusuru’s product may work, but the business is not as easy as signing up and watching the money come rolling in. It takes skill and real marketing knowledge to succeed with any opportunity, and I strongly recommend building that skill-set.

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