Archive for 2005

Just as the Internet was getting started, I used to publish a print publication reviewing Network Marketing opportunities.
From time to time, I’ll write about “Ethical MLM”.
The first rule for choosing an Ethical MLM product is the “Golden Rule”: “Do unto other as you would have them do unto you.”
In other words, before promoting an opportunity [...]

Ever since William Nickerson wrote his classic “How I Made $1,000,000 in Real Estate”, folks wanting to work from home have been enamored with the “creative real estate” opportunities.
Nickerson bought undervalued properties, fixed them up, rented them for a profit and reinvested his profits.
That’s a far cry from what today’s “gurus” teach.
“Flipping properties” is one [...]

Just how big can a “Home Business” get?
Carteret Mortgage is a nationwide provider or home mortgage loans, reverse mortgages, and other home related loans.
It was started at home and has stayed at home to this day while transacting millions of dollars of business.
In fact, virtually all of their loan officers are home based because the [...]

USA Today’s Steve Strauss makes the point that the question itself is flawed.
Any Home Business can grow if it follows these 5 steps…
1. Think, and plan, big.
2. Double your marketing efforts.
3. Take a sales course.
4. Play to your strengths.
5. Ramp up your technology.
Simple as these sound, there’s even more to be considered. Read [...]

Cutting Edge Media has been around the home business market for years.
As the technology for lead acquisition improves, the company lives up to their name and stays on the cutting edge.
Don’t worry, I’m not getting paid to say these things. They’re just true. Ever since I published my own network marketing journal they’ve been around.
While [...]

Did you know that many archaic laws make working from home “against code” and subject you to fines and other penalties if not criminal convictions?
Paradise Valley AZ is reevaluating it’s stance on home based businesses.
One resident of the town complained to the planning and zoning commission that home based busiensses had caused a significant increase [...]

The other day an acquaintance came buy because he needed to write a business plan.
His new home based dealership would expand into an existing building on his property, but he needed a little over $10,000 to purchase the dealership and get up and running.
StartUpJournal allows you to create a free “Mini-Plan that takes you through [...]

According to Diana Ennen the internet is creating more highly skilled niche workers who might once have been called “secretaries”. Today they’re called “Virtual Assistants.”
By definition, a Virtual Assistant or VA, is a highly skilled professional who provides administrative support and other specialized services to businesses, entrepreneurs, authors, online businesses, executives, sales professionals and [...]

We normally think of Public Relations as a high powered career… not the province of a work from home mom.
Gina Seamans recently told StartUpJournal’s Mark Hendricks how she made working from home “work”…
1. Teaching the kids to respect the office and work time. When I’m working, they must go to Dad for everything. Before entering [...]