Dallas, TX September 21, 2006 – A leading home based business web site releases a new program that provides online marketers with a free web site. As experienced online marketers, Work-at-home-business.com needed a system to help their clients. Most online marketers fail within their first year in business – primarily because they don’t have the knowledge or time to invest in learning how to design a web site for the Internet. Their solution was to design a system that provides their clients with a free top-level domain name web site.

As network marketers, Work-at-home-business.com needed to decrease attrition from paid members. Analysis showed that the #1 reason for the attrition was that members were unable to develop their own web sites to market products. “What better way to help them out–provide a free web site.”

This new program is called the “Wealth Online Website” or WOW for short. It provides their clients with a 30-page web site that is designed and optimized for search engine rankings. Users simply complete 3 easy steps and within 48 hours, they have their own brand new web site. The site is designed for free, but members have to purchase a domain name and web hosting and join 4 of the top online business opportunities.

Details on this new system are included on their web page: http://www.work-at-home-business.com/wow.html

“Who says you can’t make money doing what you love? These creative ideas will help you start that part-time business you’ve always dreamed of.

If you lie awake at night racking your brain for a fall-back plan or second-income generator, find a movement, trend or something that works in a big way, and then drum up a way to tweak it for a specialized audience. The key to turning a unique idea, skill or talent into a steady side gig is to pay attention in life–ideas are all around you.

For example, more women are looking for ways to get out of the house. Hosting book club, wine-tasting, jewelry or lingerie parties are just a few fun activities with moneymaking potential.

Or how about teaching a new, high-tech, or specific skill? Almost everyone has a piece of knowledge that they can sell to someone else. Community continuing education centers are great outlets for you to market your expertise.

Here are some more ideas for where to look as you try to find the niche that suits you best: [Entrepreneur.com]

“The array of product and service businesses for pet owners is only limited by your imagination. Many people treat their pets like their children and, following that logic, most products that people want for themselves, they’ll want for their pets. Just look at recent trends in the industry–organic foods, homeopathic products, luxury accessories–and you’ll easily find they mirror counterparts for human folk.

Pooper-Scooper Service
Believe it or not, you can make a very comfortable living by starting and operating a dog pooper-scooper service in your community. This is an easy business to start; it requires little investment, no special skills, and minimal equipment to operate. Basically, if you can handle a shovel and plastic bags, and can put up with less than aromatic smells, you’re qualified to run a pooper-scooper service. If not, you can still cash in on this booming growth business by marketing and managing the service while hiring others to do the dirty work. Spread the word about your pooper-scooper service by advertising in local newspapers, pinning fliers to bulletin boards, and through dog-related businesses and clubs in the community. Most services charge a flat monthly rate of between $30 and $60 to stop by customers’ homes or businesses weekly to clean up their yards, which takes no more than 10 minutes per visit. You’ll need reliable transportation, a cell phone, garbage buckets, plastic bags, shovels, gloves and a good pair of rubber boots.

Pet Photography
As an animal lover, I can’t imagine a business that would be more fun and rewarding than operating a pet photography service. Unfortunately, I’m not a very good photographer, but if you are and you love pets, then what are you waiting for? Start a pet photography service! Owners of dogs, cats, reptiles, horses, champion livestock, birds, and even fish can all be potential customers. Full time or part time, operate the service on a mobile basis, from a homebased studio, or from pet shops, or combine all to cover all the bases. Making the experience fun for pets and their owners will go a long way toward securing repeat business and a ton of referrals, so liven things up with pet costumes, themed backdrops, and by offering pet videotaping services, complete with music, titles and special effects. Likewise, to boost profit potential also offer a wide assortment of products that customers can have their pets’ photographic images transferred onto–key tags, greeting cards, calendars, mugs, hats, T-shirts, sports bags and bumper stickers….. [Read the Rest…]

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“Small is beautiful.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Inch by inch, row by row, that’s the way my garden grows.

While such homespun wisdom might be fine for common folk, it can be awfully frustrating for an ambitious homebased business owner determined to take his company to the next level of growth and profitability. Sure, a thriving one- or two-person service business with no inventory, rent or employees can seem like an easy way to make money at first, but when the phone starts ringing off the hook and customers keep coming back for more, homebased business owners who fail to plan often fall victim to their own success. Either they burn out trying to juggle everything themselves or they spend so much time and money hiring people to help them that their profits go down the drain.

Fortunately, there are some ways to take your homebased business to new heights without sacrificing your business’s profitability or losing your peace of mind.

Follow these 10 steps to grow your homebased business into the personal and professional success it was meant to be:….[Entrepreneur.com]

….”Starting a home business is very much like running a race: Preparation and practice are key success factors. The following 10 tips, framed in the context of getting physically prepared for a race, might help you overcome the hurdles that entrepreneurs are sure to encounter on the road to startup.

1. “Pump” up your attitude.

2. “Rejuvenate” your affiliations.

3. “Firm” up your future.

4. “Flex” your creative muscles.

5. “Supplement” your credentials.

6. “Buff and polish” your ideas.

7. “Reshape” your perspective.

8. “Align” your dreams with reality.

9. “Chart” your performance.

10. “Map” the future.

Read the details on each step here.

How would you like to increase the final prices of your online eBay items by as much as 16 percent with the click of one button? You can: Simply by offering PayPal as a payment option and adding international shipping to your listings, you will connect to a global marketplace of more than 150 countries. eBay’s extensive international reach has provided PowerSeller Birgit Conlen with 80 percent of the sales at Afternoon Daydreams, her food, body and health products, and toys and collectibles business in Taylors, South Carolina. “eBay brings people together, enabling buyers to go on a shopping spree around the globe and allowing sellers to advertise their products to a worldwide audience,” explains Conlen, 49. ………Entrepreneur.com

The film “The Illusionist,” which opened Friday, contains several scenes where Edward Norton, the title character, discusses with his manager the not too shabby revenue generated by his performances. When it comes to money, there’s nothing illusionary about the often big-bucks profession of magic, either in the movies or real life.

Although many people regard magicians as small-time players who eke out a living as children’s birthday-party entertainers, that perception, ladies and gentlemen, is an illusion.

“Show business is comprised of two things – the show and the business,” says Aaron Radatz, a magician and illusionist who’s based in Las Vegas and performs, in a tan suit with “a very relaxed look,” in the U.S. and abroad. His annual income, in an average or above-average year, has hit seven-figures. “At the top of the pyramid, you can do very well, especially people who have had their own television specials.”

U.S. Business

The web is affecting the local coupon business in several ways. First, it can help you distribute your coupon books. Someone entering a city name and the word “coupon” into a search engine will immediately find the available sources of coupons in that community. Searching the web can also help you check out existing coupon publishers in your community. But even if no one appears to be offering coupons in your area, double-check with your local chamber of commerce and prospective customers, including accountants, chiropractors, cleaning services, printers and web designers.

The web is also providing new competition to advertising coupons printed in booklets, fliers, newsletters and magazines. Some local websites offer downloadable coupons, which attract the businesses and consumers you want for your printed coupon book.”……

Entrepreneur.com