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The Importance of Taking Action

My view about the importance of taking action.

I used to read every book I could get my hands on about starting a business, building a business, becoming a better person, and network marketing self help books.

After a while, they all said the same thing. "Nothing happens unless you take action". I finally got the message and stopped reading because I needed to take action.

You will learn as you go down the path. Doors will open to you as you take action. It's as if God rewards those who start their journey with the faith that they will succeed.

As you need to know, new paths and  knowledge will reveal itself.This is why you cannot wait until you know all the answers. At the beginning, you don't even know the questions.

Do not wait for other people's permission. That is an employee attitude.

As the great Budda said "you must be your own light".

You don't need permission from anybody to be the best you can be. It is your responsiblity to use your creative gifts given to you by God. To not use these gifts is, in my mind, a sin. Hell has been defined as meeting the person you were supposed to be when you died.

So if you have a dream go for it. If you don't have a dream, find one.

You did not get put on this Earth to exist but be creative. Use that creative power and you will become a better person and make God happy with you. You wouldn't want God to be unhappy with you would you?

Then get moving.

Colm Maher

http://www.colmcmaher.com

http://www.prepaidcellphones.bz

Do You have a Website? Traffic?

Do you have a Website? How About Traffic?

Lead generation is one of the major reasons why companies have websites. The hope is that their potential new prospects will find them. With literally billions of websites that's becoming increasingly harder unless you know the rules of how to play the game. The rules are elusive and subject to change. Unless you happen to be a fly on the wall at Google, understanding the rules can be frustrating. Maybe there are no real rules, maybe the rules change monthly. Anybody who claims to have this all figured is not exactly telling the whole truth.

There are some companies out there who advise small business owners to gather their own leads through developing their own websites. In theory, a well written website with lots of content and positioned well with the right keywords and meta phrases will be found by people interested in your product or service. Did I mention, there were now how many billion websites? How do you get people to find yours? Well you could talk to your friends and relatives and people in line at the mall. That sounds like you are right back at the beginning. Many in network marketing companies have a replicated company website. According to some sources, Google ignores such websites as being redundant: Just cluttering up the internet with the same ol' content on hundreds or thousands of sites. Yuk.

I believe websites are extremely important for developing business. Even replicated websites fulfill the purpose of providing information to customers. It's just that you have to send all the customers there. They'll hardly ever find you by searching. Unless of course, you brand your name--and people recognize your name as an authority on a certain subject. A good example of somebody doing just this is Gary Vaynertchuk the "Wine Guy" --Read his book "Crush It."

Websites provide another very useful function and that is educating your clientele on the need for your product. Often people don't even know anything about a product so how can they need something they know nothing about. So how do you get people who don't know what they want to go to a website they never heard of to find out about a product they don't even know they need. Good questions. Tell that to the guy who tells you the "product sells itself".

Getting traffic to your website is the major issue once you have a website. That's what Veretekk is all about. More details on my website and Veretekk

Colm Maher

1 905 372 9111 Local, Cobourg, Canada EST

1 866 372 9111 Toll Free North America

Do You Like to be in Control?

Do You Like to be in Control?

The key, I believe, is in the word "control". When you have your own small business, you are in control.

Is your life being controlled by a boss or a big massive corporation where you have little say over your coffee break let alone your life and your future?

If you think this is just happening to you, you are wrong. All kinds of studies show that people are just not happy the way things are. I believe it's because, they feel they have no control over their lives.

Small Business is about taking control of your life. There are a few ideas on my website that may help you. . http://www.colmcmaher.com

Colm Maher
1 905 372 9111 Local Cobourg, Canada EST
Toll Free 1 866 372 9111 North America

Small Business-Home Business

#1 Small Business, Home Business

Not every small business lends itself to being a home based business but when it's possible, especially at the beginning, the advantages cannot be ignored.

First, you don't have to make an immediate decision as to where you might want to locate your business. This hunting for space job alone can take months and money you may not want to spend.

Second, in a home office, you don't have to lay out precious cash for space you may not really need for months or even years.

Third, you don't have to sign a lease which keeps your options open and obviously reduces long term commitments. Keeping as many options open is a very wise strategy in any new venture.

Fourth, there could be important tax considerations. In my town, home based businesses are not subject to municipal business taxes including school taxes. That's a big deal.

Fifth. Since you are using part of your home to run a business, you may be able to deduct part of your mortgage, municipal taxes, heat and electricity costs.

Sixth. No commuting. Save gas and maybe the cost of a second automobile.

Colm Maher

1 905 372 9111 Local Cobourg, Canada EST

Toll Free North America 1 866 372 9111

http://www.colmcmaher.com

Laid Off? Plan B

Taking Positive Action on Your Lay Off

Layoff has got to be one of the most powerful words

in the English language when applied to you.

Do you live in constant fear of hearing this word?

Do you have a plan to deal with it?

What if you could do something about it now

so that if ever you get "laid off"

it won't matter much except you'll have more time

for golf, fishing, reading or whatever you like to do.

Having a Plan B will definitely reduce the stress in your life.

One of the highest risk groups are those over 55.

If you lose your job the chances of getting anything remotely

similar are disturbingly low. Men are women can be out of a job for years.

How can you prepare for retirement with no job?

It was hard enough to prepare for retirement with one.

the time to take action is now, whether you have a job or not.

You can do this part time so it does not interfere with your income.

It's not expensive to start or maintain. You will be trained

and educated. It all starts with a couple of short professional business

presentations. Here is the link that can change your future.

http://www.prepaidcellphones.bz

Colm Maher 1 716 402 1615

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Home Business: Making Time

Home Business: Scheduling Time For Business

One of the key advantages to our network marketing business model is being able to plug into an existing system that supplies some of the important marketing tools and advice on how to build the business. The importance of this cannot be overstated: It provides you with tremendous leverage which you don't have when you go it alone.(as in most traditional businesses). 

One problem still remains:  YOU are the primary vehicle by which your business is built. You can have great products, great management, great websites, great conference calls, great webinars but if YOU are not doing something (meaning talking to people), none of this matters. The usual reason for not doing this  boils down to " no time".

When building a home based business becomes an imperative rather than an alternative, your attitude and yor work habits will change.

I have found that people will allot time to things that are important to them. People who say they have no time can be found lining up at 8 am at the drive thru getting their morning coffee--that takes lots of time. People watch their favourite TV show, or play Bingo or go to choir practice or surf the internet. All this takes time. All this took a conscious decision to do a particular thing. So we make time for what is important to us. If you have a job, you are sometimes painfully aware of your start time and finish time. Even though you may not like to, you also show up.( in order to get paid) You make time for your job. Now you have the opportunity to change your future so making time for it should be important.

If developing MSI (multiple streams of income) through network marketing is important the you will schedule your work so you actually have a set time to accomplish your goal. Too often "part time" ends up being "no time". Why? There was no schedule set up. It doesn't matter whether you plan on spending 4 hours a week or 40 hours a week, there must commit to a specific time that you set aside for your home business. It cannot be changed, just like your job schedule does not change. Go through the week, decide day by day, hour by hour just how much time you will spend on your business and stick to it. Since YOU are the primary engine driving your business, YOU need this time to be in front of people on a regular basis if you want to be successful.

Colm Maher 1 866 372 9111

Why Be Limited?

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New Blog on Type Pad

I have this new blog on Typepad because Tumblr decided to suspend my blog because thet were keyword focused and because they mentioned my websites which happen to promote network marketing which they apparently lump under affiliate marketing. I have now been suspended at Wordpress and Blogspot all for violations of terms of service which are nebulous at best.My suspicions are  that they are against network marketing because they believe they are all illegal scams or something like that. Anyway I came to Typepad because it appears to be in favour of small business promotion.It also appears to have seo strategies  which the others do not. Blooging to me is free speech and I do not believe private companies such as Google, WordPress and Tumblr should be  censoring your blogs. They also have this little button where people can report you for spam or inappropriate content. This could easily be used by your competition to get you pulled. (?)

When I first got banned on Blogspot many of my posts were lost so since then I have always made a copy so I have them on my computer. This makes a huge difference for me right now since I have over 50 posts on Tumblr.

Now you might think I am some kind of spammer but I am not. I am simply promoting several business interests  which are very credible which anybody who took the trouble could easily find out.

Colm Maher

http://www.colmcmaher.com