posted by Success on Apr 30

Reusing and Recycling Packaging Materials

Our top tips on packaging series continues with helpful hints on reusing your jiffy bags and postal packaging.

3 reasons to reuse your jiffy mailing bags and padded envelopes

1)   As pressure on the environment and the need for the nation to economise grows, it’s now critical to conserve and reuse packaging.

2)   Reusing packaging is the best form of recycling, because it doesn’t require further use of energy, either in converting or transporting the packaging prior to use. It simply extends the life of your jiffy mailing bags.

3)   Thinking ahead to how your customer receives their parcel, reducing unnecessary packaging and making it easy for the customer to reuse their jiffy mailing bags, or other padded envelopes, could have a positive impact on your environmental credentials

“As a specialist packaging supplies company we believe we have a duty to encourage Customers to give greater thought to the packaging they buy and make better use of the packaging materials they retain.”

How to reuse your jiffy mailing bags

• Initially, simply over-label and reseal with packaging tape. Avoid using staples to reseal bags, because these can cause tearing if opened in a hurry by the recipient
• Rather than hand-writing addresses, use a printed address label or documents enclosed label. These mark less of the surface area of your jiffy mailing bag and are easy to over label
• If a jiffy bag has been excessively written on or has a torn flap, simply place the jiffy padded envelope inside a paper mailing sack or lightweight polythene postal bag, thereby reusing the lightweight bubble protection properties of the jiffy bag

Unfortunately, many types of padded mailing bags are not recyclable, because they are composite packaging made from bubble wrap and paper. However, with care, these two materials could be separated and recycled separately. However, traditional style Jiffy padded bags, made with 100% paper are both reusable and recyclable. 

For more information about buying Jiffy mailing bags, padded envelopes and other postal packaging materials, why not visit the Davpack online packaging superstore, or call 01332 821 200 and speak to one of our packaging experts… we can even give you tips on reusing or saving on packaging materials.

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posted by Success on Apr 30

Reasons for slow growth of entrepreneurship in During British period in India. 

Inspite of the above problems, the export trade of textile in 17th century was on ascending trend. During this period, grouping of Indian merchants into joint stock associations for the purpose of managing the supply of textiles to European companies was very significant. This helped in exporting huge volume of textiles to the European markets leading to favorable terms of trade.

1. Not given proper protection: The enterprises were not given proper protection by British Government.
2. Discouragement by British Government: Only those industries in which the British Government put their own capital were given encouragement.
3. High railway freight charges: The railway freight charges were higher for locations not nearer to the ports. This proved that the transportation of the goods manufactured for the Indian markets were more expensive than goods meant for exports.
4. Exorbitant tariffs: The British imposed exorbitant tariffs on India made goods.
5. Constantly harassed for getting licenses: Entrepreneurs were constantly harassed for getting licenses and finance to established and run industries.
6. No facilities for technical education: there were almost any facilities for technical education which alone could strength Indian industrial entrepreneurship.
7. Entrepreneurs faced fierce competition from abroad: The Indian indigenous entrepreneurs faced fairs competition from machine made goods exported to India from abroad.
8. Lack of transportation and communication facilities: Lack of transportation and communication facilities acted as the stumbling blot in the way of industrial growth.
9. Not encouraged the establishment of heavy industries: The British Government did not encourage the establishment of heavy industries like heavy machinery, iron and steel which are necessary for rapid industrialization.
10. Political turmoil: Political turmoil and abolition of princely courts discouraged the growth of entrepreneurship.
11. Multi-currency system: Prevalence of multi currency system affected the business environment and blocked the growth.

Inspite of the above problems, the export trade of textile in 17th century was on ascending trend. During this period, grouping of Indian merchants into joint stock associations for the purpose of managing the supply of textiles to European companies was very significant. This helped in exporting huge volume of textiles to the European markets leading to favorable terms of trade.

B.Sc.(Med.), B.Ed., M.A.(Edu.), M.Litt.(Edu.), Ph.D.(Edu.Psy.)PGDCA.

Served as Science Master, Employment Department as Vocational Guidance Officer.

Retired from Employment Department, Punjab India as Dy. Director (Off.)

Serving now Arihant Computer Center and Many Medical Hospitals such as Sadbhavna Medical & Heart Institute.

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posted by Success on Apr 28

By Christopher Yuskiw, Guest Contributor

So, you’ve made it two years and are now entering your third year in business.  Congratulations!  You are no longer a start up!  If you’ve been in business for two years or longer, most banks will view you as an established business.  What does this mean?  Well, it should mean that you won’t have to jump through as many hoops as you had to while seeking out start up capital.   By now, your business should have a stable cash flow cycle and there is hard evidence of the business’s revenue.  The more stable your cash flow, the easier it is for banks to better understand your business, which should help them to be more comfortable with lending your business money.

Again, while each deal is different, there are some common things you can do to determine how likely you will be in requesting credit; you should also keep these points in mind while preparing a credit request.  You should really perform your own “acid test” prior to submitting your request so that you aren’t caught off guard by a bank’s decision.  Banks will initially use the following five metrics to determine how credit worthy the business is:

1. History

Prior year results, two or three years of year end financial statements, will be used to determine the business’s trend; banks like to see positive net income and a positive trend.  Be prepared to provide at least two years of business tax returns.

2. Debt Service Coverage

Debt Service Coverage will be used to determine how much of the business’s income is being use to pay debt.  To determine your DSC, take your free cash flow (net income + interest expense + depreciation expense) and divide this by the sum of all the debt payments (short and long term).  Banks typically like to see this number above 1.2, the higher the better though.  Don’t forget to include the projected payments of the request in your calculations.  How much of your income is being used to pay off debt?

3. Debt to Worth

Debt to Worth will help the bank to understand how leveraged your business is. To determine your DTW, divide all of the business’s liabilities (short and long) by the retained earnings (net worth) of the business.  Typically a 3 to 1 ratio or better here (i.e. 2 to 1 or less) is what a bank hopes to see.

4. Collateral Coverage

Collateral Coverage is the amount of assets that the business has to put up to secure the deal.  Collateral includes everything from real-estate, accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, etc.  Anything that has tangible value here counts.  Banks typically like to see a collateral coverage of 1.20 or higher; this means that your business has $1.20 worth of collateral for every $1.00 in debt you have. If your business doesn’t have much in terms of assets don’t worry too much!  This does not mean that you won’t be able to get financing; while this might reduce the options available, or the amount you can apply for.  There are ways to get financing when you do run into a collateral shortage; the SBA is often utilized to help with a collateral shortage.  Also, if you are purchasing real estate or equipment, this will help with collateral coverage.

5. Guarantor Strength

Guarantor Strength, i.e. credit score and personal net worth, will be factored into most decisions.  The stronger the personal guarantee, the more comfortable the bank will be.

Again, while each deal is evaluated on a case by case basis, these five things should help you get a feeling of how your credit request will go.  Other factors to be aware of include: industry risk, fall back capital, economic conditions, and institutional appetites (some banks don’t like certain risks on the books).  My advice is to start at the bank you know and go from there.  If you and your business have an existing bank relationship, then it might be factored into the decision.  Banks are becoming more conservative in today’s environment and they are not looking to lend money to new clients as aggressively as they use to.

One last note:  use the information above as guide and not as scripture.  Every bank has their own set of underwriting policies and procedures; what works for one bank might not work at another.  Also, if your business is light in one area but strong in another, then they might compensate for each other.

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posted by Success on Apr 28

Is your  to-do list keeping you up at night? Are you counting tasks rather than sheep to fall asleep? 

1. Wade through emails – 2. Finalize the presentation for tomorrow’s meeting -  3. Get handouts ready for Wednesday’s meeting -  4. Make follow up calls zzz  – 5. Schedule sales meeting zzzzzz – 6. Buy anniversary gift. – 7. Call my kids.zzzzzzzz

If it’s been a long time since you laid your head down on the pillow at night without a care in the world, rest assured – there is hope. You can have sanity and sleep, too.

When business worries and personal commitments get to be too much, you need to get help.  Businesses owners are faced with more and more challenges every day—finding clients, keeping clients, creating products, article and press release distribution, social networking, and the economy. So if you’re spending more of your time on administrative tasks or just plain spinning your wheels going no where fast, it’s time to make a change. It’s time to partner with a Virtual Assistant.

So what exactly is a Virtual Assistant and what can one do for you?

A virtual assistant, or VA, is an independent business professional who among many things, can help overwhelmed business owners handle administrative tasks so they can remain focused on their business. Utilizing the latest technology your Virtual Assistant can manage your social networks, write press releases and correspondence, tweak or create a presentation, make travel arrangements, be your own personal concierge, write letters, follow up on trade show leads, handle literature fulfillment, and even prepare your expense and call reports. The possibilities are endless once you start to see how many tasks you really can delegate.

“I don’t know what I’d do without my Virtual Assistant. As a sales professional who works out of my home and travels extensively I don’t have an on-site staff to keep things moving. I can rely on my VA to prepare marketing materials, organize my contacts, send out letters, and keep me on track with special projects. Delegating routine tasks and special projects to my Virtual Assistant allows me to spend more time growing the business,” says Mark Loudenslager, VP of Sales.

Partnering with a virtual assistant affords you the luxury of spending more time in front of your clients and less time behind your desk. Because virtual assistants are independent professionals they come equipped with their own office, their own equipment, the latest software programs, and the know how of running a successful business. They don’t, however, come equipped with added expenses like payroll taxes, expensive benefit packages, paid vacations, holiday pay, or “free time” (that you pay for) for talking to co-workers. They’re only there when you need them. Sometimes they’re even there when you don’t think you need them!

Virtual Assistants are also invaluable in helping to keep your business from being lost among its many competitors or overlooked because of lack of professionalism.  Amidst the Internet and Social Networking craze, millions of email exchanges, and web and teleconferencing many professionals have literally ‘lost sight’ of their clients. In a day and age where we thrive on customer relationship management, personal sales calls have taken a back seat to technology. Further, today’s economy has forced more layoffs and corporate downsizing, which has impacted the availability of internal support systems and other such resources. The lack of internal resources has forced companies to rely on already overburdened staff to pick up the slack.  Staff such as sales people who are now spending more time doing administrative tasks than they are generating sales. Where does the madness end?

It’s time to wake up and get back in the field. Get ahead of the competition and you won’t find yourself saying, “Oops, I could have had a VA!”

Kelly Poelker and Diana Ennen are successful virtual assistants and co-authors of numerous books including Virtual Assistant – The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After Virtual Assistant and accompanying Virtual Assistant the Series Workbook, Stop by http://www.vatheseries.com for information on starting a VA business or contact authors at authors@va-theseries.com if you need a virtual assistant. Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DianaEnnen and http://www.twitter.com/KellyPoelker
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posted by Success on Apr 27

Starting a new business is such an exciting time in life. You’ve got an idea for a product or service that you know will be a success. All you’ve to do is make it happen. Follow these tips and you’ll be well on your way to entrepreneurship.

1.Find your passion in life – Do some soul searching and make sure that the business you are about to begin is your true passion in life. Why venture into doing something “just because” – make it something you love to do.

2 .  Research, research, research – Take the time to do your homework. Find out all that you can about your new business, starting a business, and what kind of competition is out there. Don’t rush in to anything. Your business will only succeed if you are filling a need or a void in the marketplace.

3.Develop a solid business plan – Whether or not you need financing for your business, you still need a business plan. Many people dread this process because they make it out to be a very daunting task. Daunting or not, it’s crucial to your success. A business plan, at minimum, should be an outline of your goals and objectives for the business – attainable and reasonable goals – both strategic and financial. It can be one page, it can be twenty pages – just be sure to do it. Putting the plans that are constantly floating around in your head down on paper will make you accountable. Visit your plan often and make the necessary changes to ensure your success.

4. Develop a solid marketing plan – The marketing plan is an essential part of your business planning. You need to research your competition, analyze your strengths and weaknesses, and identify the risks, opportunities and threats posed by both internal and external factors. In doing so you can easily determine a niche market, the best way to enter the market, and how to best turn your marketing efforts into revenue.

5. Create your USP – Your USP is your Unique Selling Proposition. This is what makes you stand out from the competition. Why should people buy your product or service over the competition? Do you offer the best price? Do you have a superior product? Do you offer the best customer service? Your niche coupled with your USP and a good marketing plan can quickly position you at the forefront of the marketplace – you’ll blow the competition away.

6. Establish your external support system – Starting a business on your own can be overwhelming. Don’t be afraid to ask for assistance when and where you need it. Draw on the resources closest to you such as family and friends. The Internet offers a number of opportunities to establish a system of peers including social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, etc., teleseminars, message boards, and discussion groups. Check out the various online and offline networking groups and associations. Chances are you have a local SBA office, Small Business Development Center, or SCORE office in your area that can be a great source of resources for starting and growing your business.

7. Communicate with your internal support system – Without the support of those closest to you – kids, spouses, moms, dads, significant others – it can be difficult to dedicate the necessary time and resources to developing your business. By communicating your plans, goals and objectives with your internal support system you better your chances of gaining their support and getting them behind your new venture. Keep the communication lines open so that they understand what you’re going through and let them know how they can best be of help to you.

8. Give it time – Rome wasn’t built in a day, nor will your business turn a profit in a day. It takes time to build a successful business. If the phone doesn’t ring today, it will tomorrow. The key is to be ready for when it does ring. Have all the proper systems in place; be prepared to spend a little money to make some money. If one marketing technique isn’t working, try another one until you achieve the results you desire.

9. Take it serious – If you want others to take your business seriously you have to take it serious yourself. You have to give it your all and apply yourself at all times. A successful business can’t be something that you just play around with or consider it a hobby – even the IRS won’t take you seriously.

10. Reward yourself – Be sure to reward yourself for all your successes no matter how big or how small. Sooner or later all of your efforts will begin to pay off. Be proud of yourself and do a little something special just for you – you deserve it!

Kelly Poelker and Diana Ennen are successful virtual assistants and co-authors of numerous books including Virtual Assistant: the Series, Become a Highly Successful, Sought After Virtual Assistant and accompanying Virtual Assistant the Series Workbook, Stop by http://www.vatheseries.com for information on starting a VA business or contact authors at authors@vatheseries.com if you need a virtual assistant. Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DianaEnnen and http://www.twitter.com/KellyPoelkerArticle is free to be reprinted as long as bio remains.

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posted by Success on Apr 26

“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again,
only this time more wisely.”
~ Henry Ford

Years ago I was in the midst of trying to find investor groups that would allow us to take our company public. We needed some more firm commitments to complete the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of our stock.

We met with a prospective investor who ran a large fund in Seattle. He had once been a successful professional baseball player, and though he was now 70, was still quite fit. He came across as a good ‘ol boy, but he was as sharp as they come. He spent a day and a half with us, doing his due diligence by going over our operations and meeting with our employees. 

Over dinner, Hal asked my partner and me the strangest question. “Boys, when was the last time you failed real big?”

My partner and I gave each other a bit of a startled look and I replied, “Excuse me sir?”
I chuckled and said, “We haven’t and we certainly don’t intend to start now. We have a sound plan and it doesn’t include failure. Why do you ask?”

“Oh, because you will,” Hal replied. “It’s not a matter of if, only when. I was just hoping that you had already gotten it out of the way.”

We gave a quick glance to each other and passed on Hal’s strange remark. We instead steered the conversation on how successful we had been in building previous companies. As we ate dinner, we nonchalantly intertwined how we both grew up in farm towns and started working at an early age, and how we had been raised with a good old fashion Midwestern work ethic. As we were sipping our after-dinner drinks, Hal gave us the news.

“Well, boys, I’m going to invest in you. I don’t bet on the horses, I bet on the jockeys, and I think you two have the determination and persistence to ride anything across the finish line.”

“Thank you, sir,” I said. “You won’t be disappointed.”

We completed our offering and had incredible success. At the end of our first year we had over $500 million in revenue. We were unstoppable. But here’s the short version ending to the story: along came a $1.4 Billion lawsuit and a pesky stock market crash and our company exploded. We had to cease operations and my partner and I both ended up losing everything we owned and filed bankruptcy.

Now that, my friends is failure.

What did I learn from this big failure?

Very smart people with strong business plans will fail along the way; some from their own mistakes and some from unseen circumstances. But as Hal told us…you will fail.

I had to restart my life and finally wrote a book, PUSHING WATER UPHILL With a Rake about my story to help others plan for great success and cope with unforeseen failure.

I speak to many business groups and college business students about becoming entrepreneurs and you should see the look on their faces when I guarantee them failure on their roads to success. I promise them three things as they think about becoming entrepreneurs and starting their own businesses:

1. It will take longer than you think
2. It will cost more than you project
3. You will fail along the way…and that’s good.

Okay, I can hear what you’re saying out there. “Wait a minute Steve, you’re telling students that Failure is Good?  What kind of crummy negative advice is that?”
Oh, I’m sorry, I should have told them that the business world is like grade school soccer; you’re a winner just for being there and hey, here’s your trophy (but I digress, the preceding was merely an editorial comment by this writer.)

It’s great advice because the sooner we know that failure is part of the game, the sooner we prepare for it. As I explain to the students, their real education begins when they get on the playing field of business and start learning from their mistakes and failures.

Every quality education in life is expensive. You could say I bought myself an honorary MBA/PHD in the school of hard knocks. Did I learn a lot through my experiences? Yeah, a ton. If we learn by each failure and apply what we learned, that’s education. If we fail and do the same thing again, that’s stupidity.

So, do I wish you a failure of my magnitude? No way buckaroos, that’s my record. 

What I do want is for you to remind yourself to embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and go forward with aggressive plans. Never let the fear of failure hold you back from taking risks but know that, in some form or fashion, failure will come. Then embrace the lessons that you learned and move forward, smarter than before, towards your next success.

Unless you’re a bank that the federal government has deemed too big to fail, you’re never too big to fail. Sometimes in business and in life, you can do everything right and it all goes wrong.

Realize it. Get over it. Move on, and Succeed.

Steve Baker is a founder of successful businesses and a business advisor with a passion for every phase of business cycle from startup to exit. He’s also a public speaker and author of “Pushing Water Uphill With a Rake,” as well as an avid poor golfer. He welcomes your e-mails and invites you to visit his eclectic blog at http://www.pushingwater.com.

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posted by Success on Apr 25

When you try to do wholesaling, it is best that you have everything properly laid out. That means that you have all what you need and you know what needs to be done.

Where

You should start off by picking a certain place that you want to do the wholesaling. You must study the place and know the common questions that prospect buyers ask. This will help you scrutinize where it is not good to make an investment and where is a good place to do your wholesaling business. Once you choose a place, you should expect to be going there every now and then, so also make sure that the place you choose is accessible for your part.

What

Another question that you should be concerned with is knowing what to investment in. You should know which deals can bring in profit and which ones don’t. Factors that could affect your decision, among others, include the prevailing economic situation of the place and the (ARV)after repair value. In choosing a deal, you should make sure that the house you get does not need too many repairs neither should it be too expensive in relation to the economic situation that the place is experiencing.

How Much

You should know how to price the property you are buying and also the property that you are selling. This could be difficult for first-timers because nobody really knows how much a house is worth if they do not have any idea how to identify the factors that they should use to determine the price. This is the most important factor that could determine a make or break in your wholesale. Aside from the ARV (after repair value), you can also make use of the pricing that you have done before for a similar purchase or pricing that people ha for a similar deal.

Who

Aside from choosing what to buy, you should also have your own set of buyer’s list. It could also help if you already know the buying pattern of the buyers that you have in your buyer’s list so that when you try to buy a property, you already know to whom it would be most likely of interest. Of course, this is not a guarantee but it also helps in choosing houses that are easy to sell. In most cases, investors are very willing to be included in your buyer’s list because it is also their way of getting prospects, like instead of doing the searching of good deals, other people can do it for them by just having themselves included in wholesaler’s buyer’s list.

In order to have proper wholesaling training, you need to develop a wholesaler’s mind in determining a good deal, appropriate value and the right people to buy from and sell to. The best part in wholesaling is that the more you do it, the better you become and the more money you get.

Terry Wygal also known as The Quick House Buyer, has been teaching real estate investors how to wholesale and flip houses for several years now. Terry also teaches real estate investors how put your website on the front page of google and crush your competition.

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posted by Success on Apr 25

1) House flipping tip number one is to be ready when the market is ripe. The best way to make money in this market is to be ready and waiting when the market presents the opportunity to make money. Repossessed homes are beginning to emerge on the market and soon there will be a flood of them available at deeply discounted prices. Just knowing when is the best time to buy can make your investments pay off tremendously well.

2) Before you begin house flipping, have your credit in order. You will need good credit for a number of reasons. You will need it for the obvious things like obtaining a mortgage but you may even need good credit if you buy with cash. By learning other methods of using your credit for house flipping, you can increase your profit margin with much lower out of pocket expense.

3) Find a bargain. You need to be able to determine if a flip is a good deal or not. Here is a tip, the cheapest house is not always the best deal. Learn to tell whether the deal is going to make you money before you ever make an offer to the seller.

4) Be prepared to do some work. Making money flipping houses involves work even if you hire contractors or a crew to do your repairs. The more effort you put into learning new methods and putting them to work for you the better you will become.

5) Take your time then act fast. The best house flipping tip I can give you is to be sure you know when to act fast and when to take it slow. You don’t want to waste any time when you are paying a mortgage, but if you are hasty things could backfire and cause you to fix things that could have been avoided.

There is no question that the abundance of foreclosed properties has presented a unique opportunity for anyone interested in making money in the current real estate market. If you educate yourself, and learn all you can about house flipping, you can secure your financial future and make your dreams a reality. Of course there is much that you should know before you venture out and start looking for foreclosed homes on the market. That’s where we come in.

A new course is being released soon that is designed to train anyone how to take advantage of this lucrative opportunity. The course is designed by a well known real estate investor, Charrissa Cawley, and will equip you with all the knowledge and skills you need in order for you to become a successful property investor in your own right.

CLICK HERE to get more information and sign up to be one of the first to take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity.

R Hancock writes articles on many subjects including real estate investing.

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posted by Success on Apr 24

Do you know every entrepreneurs need to get pregnant before getting business success? And some remains pregnant for life time.

The journey of a entrepreneur is same as like a lady who gets pregnant and deliver baby after a long time of 9 months. Unfortunately in some cases, it takes more than 9 months and some before 9 months. Now you must be thinking of how a life of a pregnant lady is similar to the life of a entrepreneur, well I have just delivered a healthy baby after a 9th month of pregnancy, so I thought lets everyone know, How we entrepreneur are like a pregnant lady. Here is a quick similarity table of the life of these two lives who changes others life.

a) The time before you think of pregnancy:-

Lady:- Getting pregnant is easy but very difficult, because it calls for a huge commitment and ending your freedom and committing yourself to a new life which will come on this earth.

The lady remains confused what to do what not do? Is my decision is right? What if something happened to my baby during pregnancy period? What if no one supports me during this pregnancy time? What If I deliver a dead baby and what if my baby suffers from some disease or some physical disability, which may ruin his and my life?

But at the end, she takes the stand and decides getting pregnant and committing her life for a goal.

Entrepreneur: - The life and thoughts of a person is same as like a lady who is deciding on getting pregnant. When a person decides to start his own business, he needs to give answer to 1000s of questions, doubts. He thinks what to do what not to do? Should I start my business? I am earning now, starting a business will make me a committed person? What is I don’t able to make it? What If I fail to deliver a good product? What If….?

But, the true Entrepreneurs are those who take strong stand and decide to start his business or get pregnant.

b) The first few months of pregnancy:-

Lady: After taking decision and when the first time lady hear the pregnancy news, she, her husband and everyone is the family become excited and started giving extra care and support to the lady. New cloths, Varity of foods, medicine and all the stuff are purchased so as to make sure she delivers a good and healthy baby and pass these 9 months comfortably.

Entrepreneur: After getting pregnant, means stating the business. The first few months of entrepreneur life is full of excitement, new ideas…just he can’t put his feet on ground. He goes out and shouts about his new business. He brings various items, materials to support his business. Even the family members and family of entrepreneur show huge support in starting days and everyone around him, including him hope for a better days and hope for a good delivery of baby.

c) The last few months of pregnancy:-

Lady: - Now when she has gained huge weight, not able to walk properly, stand properly and even sleep properly. Her and her whole family attention is now on avoiding any mistake which can be harmful to the lady. Extra care is taken; doctor is involved for taking care, more medicines, and more eatables. Sometime the situation become worse and she get admit in hospital, if it turns more worse…people think of abortion.

Mentally she doesn’t feel good and many a time a thought runs in her mind, she made a mistake. Only that lady can survive this phase, who respects her decision, who is committed towards her goal of delivering a baby, who knows what she is doing.

Entrepreneur:-After passing the few initial months, now Entrepreneur see the reality when there is no selling of his products, when he faces financial problems, when his team mates, his family started criticizing him. When everyday a thought comes in his mind about leaving the business. He makes sure that he should not make any mistake, coz even a mistake can kill his business. Many of them go for abortion in this stage and swear not to get pregnant again. Many of them just feel they are stuck to something wrong and they start regretting their decision.

But than there are those, who see this as a part of his job of entrepreneur and face every difficulty with, girt and determination and focus on his goal of deliver baby.

d) The labor pain:-

Lady- It is said, that the last few minutes of delivering baby is worst of all periods of the pregnancy. The lady feels the pain and those who are near to her only feels her cry. She put all pressure to deliver the baby, doctors, medical staff, family members all give their full support in this, but at the end its all depended on the lady. Many unfortunates deliver a dead baby and many lady dies while delivering the baby. She delivers the baby but can’t she him as she (lady) is dead.

Sometime when situation gets worse, medical team calls for surgery and last attempt to save a life and give birth to a new life.

Entrepreneur:-Now after passing all the month of developing and carrying a baby in wombs, it’s the time to deliver the product or service. Many entrepreneurs find it very difficult. He is out of cash, he is not having more support, competition is increasing everyday and he has to deliver the baby. The friends, family everyone supports him, thinking this phase should pass so that he can see good days.

Majority of entrepreneurs are not able to bear the labor pain and they quits, they decided to drop the baby. Most of them die and those who fight and show their full commitment…wins at the end.

e) Baby’s day out:

Lady: After delivering the baby, lady is happy but her joy last only for few days, as now she had to commit herself to the fullest to take care of the baby. She appoints maid to take care of her baby, she appoints doctor for regular check up of the baby. Now she has to come up with new ideas for taking care of the baby and growing him.

Entrepreneur:- For entrepreneurs his business always remains baby. Once he passes the labor pain and deliver good baby, he need to come out with new ideas of growing it. He appoints people, he appoints consultants to take care of business and grow it.

Disclaimer: By writing this, I don’t want to hurt anyones feeling.

Neeraj Tiwari, Founder and MD, Bhiring.com and Jobkeeda.com.

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posted by Success on Apr 23

Learning how to wholesale houses is not an easy feat, but a basic understanding of the what’s and how’s would give you a good kick. Wholesaling houses is usually preferred by people who do not want too much fuss in selling houses – that is, unlike house flipping where you have to fix the house before you sell it, wholesaling saves you the trouble of remodeling expenses and just go directly to the sell.

As easy as it may sound, the catch here is how does one purchase something and sell it right away and profit from it when nothing is done to make what is being sold very competitive in the market? To understand how wholesaling houses works, here are some of the things that happens in house wholesaling.

One – You find a motivated seller (a.k.a somebody who is so willing to let go of their house and would agree to have the house sold for a much lesser price). Let’s say, the owner is relocating and wants to dispose of the old house but got no time to do it. So here you come in and offer to buy the house. Originally, the house can be sold in the market for $150,000. However, you offer to buy it for $70,000 dollars. The owner might try to negotiate for a much bigger price. It’s okay as long as you do not make it too much that you can’t sell it any more to somebody else and that the house is not too much in a bad condition.

Two – Now, you got a $150,000 house that you bough for $70, 000. You have something to sell, the next thing that you need is somebody interested to buy it. In this case, you could sell the house for $80,000. A lot of prospect buyers would be very interested to get their hands on this property, even if they have to do some minor repairs to it.

Three – When you do this wholesaling houses, be very particular with the the duration between the buy and the sell. Do not keep the property too long or you will end up spending for it. The best way to do this, if you can, is to be able to do the buy and sell in a margin of hours or a day. In this way you will save yourself the trouble of having to worry spending on what you thought to be of a good, expense-free investment and be able to earn much in a course of one day.

There are still more tricks of the trade that you need to learn about wholesaling houses but these simple 1-2-3 how to’s can help you get started.

Terry Wygal also known as The Quick House Buyer, has been teaching real estate investors how to wholesale and flip houses for several years now. Terry also teaches real estate investors how put your website on the front page of google and crush your competition.

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posted by Success on Apr 23

Are you one of those people who wants to earn money online but do not have that budget to start? But wait, do we really need to have budget? My answer is Yes and No.

Yes, we need budget if you want to have a fast result output. And sometimes risking money is still a suspect, because you are expecting so much from your investment, which usually hurts your decision making if you do not see any improvements from your online business.

No, actually we really do not need anything if we invest on time and research. Having to dedicate on working more on a product and dedicating time and effort for this you can work on improving and developing other methods which can help your product or services.

So let us now start with how to earn online. What do we need? Basically we really just need to have a product or services to sell. So what are these products? Products can vary from software downloads, health, entertainment and others. The next question is how can we earn from this product without spending?

There are a lot of ways to earn from the products but we just need time as means of investment. We can either earn through SEO, Email Marketing and other methods. All of these methods can be learned from constant researching and reading. There are a lot of tutorial programs which can help you find ways on how to earn without having yourself a domain.

Making money through providing services is by searching an online freelance hub which most service buyers look for service provider to do tasks either on a short term or long term contract. Most of the SEO providers find their clients from this portals and eventually making it big.

Either ways, you can earn money online through product or services.

John Christian Smith is a credible copywriter for Webmaster Business – Make Money Online

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posted by Success on Apr 22

Flipping houses, for some people, may be a very good business step to take. It’s an adventure but it’s also something profitable if done the right way. However, there is really no clean cut course that could prepare you for house flipping. No amount of theory could prepare you for what’s going to happen in the house flipping business. This is why most people who would want to flip some houses just walk away and laugh why they ever thought about it in the first place.

Quite understandably, flipping houses is something you try with a lot of money at stake. However, like any other career, it is something that can be learned without having to spend a lot. All it takes is time – time to know the ins and outs of house flipping, have an expert in flipping houses train you, experience a flip by watching how it happens, and devote yourself to gain experience and strategies.

1. Knowing the ins and outs of flipping houses – you do not know anything about house flipping or you might know something but it won’t help you make it in a business, so what do you do? You learn it, everything about it, just like how you studies for your biology exam. Theoretical knowledge might not be that good in the real setting but it helps you understand the practical set-up of the whole flipping houses process.

2. Learning from an expert house flipper – learn from somebody who has enough experience to come up with his/her own flipping houses for dummies book. Like how the kung-fu experts do it, hey work with one master and get to learn the secret trade of the kung-fu technique. It’s even better if you could spend enough time with as many experts as you could so that you will be able to compare their strengths and weaknesses in the house flipping businesses and work your own fool proof house flipping guide that you could use for yourself.

3. Experience a whole flip happening – This is where you can see all the theories working in action and you can actually get to experience the flip, even in an outsider’s perspective. This is a good way of having an almost-hands-on experience in flipping without having to lose a lot of money.

4. Take time to gain experience and come up with your own strategies and techniques in flipping – try to repeat numbers 1-3 over and over again until such time you can already do your own flipping. Then, do not stop there and still continue the 1-3 steps together with the whole flipping experience. Now, the most important thing that you need to remember is celebrate with your gains, weep with your loses, but never forget to learn from everything. Take note which ones you did were good and which ones were bad and which of them could work in what situations. This will require you to devote time – a lot of it – but this will assure you of a very systematic way of going through the whole house flipping process.

Terry Wygal also known as The Quick House Buyer, has been teaching real estate investors how to wholesale and flip houses for several years now. Terry also teaches real estate investors how put your website on the front page of google and crush your competition.

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posted by Success on Apr 22

Marc Romanelli has been successfully shooting stock for ­­over twenty years.  He is based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico where he lives with his wife and baby daughter. Marc’s images are handled by Getty for stills and motion, Corbis (motion), Creatas (motion), and Workbookstock, Hola, Blend, Bluemoon, and Alamy for stills.

John: Marc, I know you have been shooting stock for a long time…and that you don’t currently shoot assignments.  Can you fill us in on your early career; how you came to be a stock shooter?

I started out painting, drawing and sculpting as a kid and only picked up a camera at age 17. I began by shooting found objects…crushed cans, tree bark, rusted metal…the world was revealed to me through the lens of a 55mm micro Nikkor . Seeing that close up for me was a revelation, to be followed by wide-angle lenses that distorted reality in other wonderful ways.

I began shopping my portfolio around Manhattan and eventually pestered Life Magazine into giving me a few assignments. Got a cover of Modern Photography at 23, and then signed to Image Bank at 24. Early on realized that the freedom afforded with stock was the way for me to go. I traveled extensively on very low budgets, maintained very low overhead while at home, and plowed profits back into travel shooting.

About 20 years ago made a choice to concentrate on shooting people, getting comfortable with directing people in recreational sports shoots having (then) recently moved to the mountain west…Santa Fe. This eventually morphed into shooting lifestyle and whatever else struck my fancy including some fine art stuff.

John: Do you license your own stock, license only through agencies, or do both?  What agencies handle your work?

I don’t license my own, rather I am represented by Getty for stills and motion, Corbis (motion), Creatas (motion), and Workbookstock, Hola, Blend, Bluemoon, and Alamy for stills.

John: RF, RM or Micro? 

I shoot RM, and RF. I have not shot Micro and probably will not in the future.

John: You shoot motion as well as stills.  How long have you been shooting Motion and how did you happen to move into that arena?

I first began shooting motion back in 1997. I call it the “second wave” of Image Bank guys who got their feet wet shooting motion. I had an intuition that I’d take to it naturally. I’ve owned an Arri 16s, an Arri BL2 3mm, and currently a Panasonic HVX200 camcorder (for sale cheap).

John: Do you find you need a different skill set for shooting motion?

Different skill set…absolutely with motion you must create an arc in time, maybe 20-30 seconds and tell a story. You are responsible for moving the camera and or subjects in time and space and not relying on a decisive motion that crystallizes in a single frame.

John: How does motion fit into your future plans?

Motion is an integral part of my imaging business, and an increasingly important part. The Tech rush is forcing still shooters to acknowledge that hybrid cameras capable of shooting stills and 1080p motion files are here to stay. The world sees motion as the most natural, emotional and effective way to communicate.

John: How do you approach a stock shoot?  I.e. ideas, plans, casting etc.

Concentrating on what you do best seems to work (in an increasingly volatile environment). A key that I try to tap into is the question “does it feel real, authentic”? Easier said than done.

Particularly now, as the visual paradigm experiences a sea change from excess, expansion, and self-centered focus…to reality, community, shared responsibility, and contraction. I work very intuitively…I cast friends and people I meet that I have a sense about; I rarely work with models.

I also don’t shoot in a studio. My preference is to find real locations. This can present challenges but I prefer the authentic feel of a working location.

John: Are you involved with the fine art world?

I have dabbled in the fine art world, having had a one-man show of my black and white personal work shown in Santa Fe and a group show as well.

John: What do you find most satisfying about your work?

I enjoy photographing my 3-year-old daughter.  She keeps my photo chops razor sharp, and my photo intuition on high alert…try capturing mercury visually!

John: Anything else you want to share?

I find that my decision to do a stock shoot is determined by matching talent to location, while keeping an eye on how I might differentiate my images from what’s out there.

I tend towards what I call” situational” shoots, lifestyle shoots that are reality based, and subscribe to the notion that end users of my images are essentially looking for uplifting, inspirational, positive imagery. Actually, sometimes the most positive thing that comes out of a shoot is the relationship; interaction, and communication with the talent whether they are friends or acquaintances. It is as if there exists a kind of “charged, positive residue” that has been created by the action of the photo happening. Usually if this is experienced I know I’ve done a good job capturing something.

The industry is in flux.  What do you see as currently the biggest challenges for you as a stock shooter? How are you dealing with those challenges?

Our business is evolving at warp speed and the engine is the digital revolution, the massive democratization also called “crowd sourcing”, availability of exceptional and now affordable digital cameras, and new portals and selling platforms creating a surplus, a glut of images chasing ever fewer buyers. This is particularly true now considering our fragile economy.

What to do? I choose to shoot what I know, shoot what feels right, diversify by shooting motion, as well as stills, finding new agencies that want to build their collections quickly as Workbook did, loading them up with images but not forgetting the “girl that brought you to the dance” in the first place…that would be your bread and butter agency. In my case that agency is Getty.

John: Marc, thank you for sharing that with us!

Visit John’s website for an amazing array of lifestyle, ethnic, conceptual, business and other stock photos, as well as interviews with leading stock photogrpahers: Photographer Interviews Animal stock photos, Fine Art Prints, and printed gift merchandise.

Visit John Lund’s BlogStock Photo Guy Concept stock photos, Fine Art Prints, and printed gift merchandise.

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posted by Success on Apr 21

Some people think that house flipping is just an easy 1-2-3 cha-cha-cha dance. Well, for those who have been in the business long enough to have sent two kids to college and longer, they would surely beg to differ. Flipping houses is difficult and no amount of sugar coating can make it much easier than it is, so if you intend to do it, you would be needing all the help that you could get, and know which of these helps work and which ones do not.

Tips on flipping houses could range from the most general to the most specific. House flipping tips are very helpful because they usually come from people who really know what is going on in the flipping houses world. Just like any other business ventures, house flipping starts with the most basic understanding, like a core mantra that you keep on chanting and chanting until it becomes very natural for you. For most people out there who intend to make it big in the flipping houses business or for those people who just want to sell a house (may it be theirs or some people close to them), here are some house flipping general tips that you should not forget.

Tip # 1 – Know the trends – which sells which does not:

You do not sell something just because you want to sell it. You should know what people are buying and those should be the only things that you sell. What’s the use of selling something that people do not want? Though your taste can be a good gauge, you should not really on it solely. I f you really want to make a sell, then go for what people are buying.

Tip # 2 – Focus on the which sells list :

Examine the kinds of houses that have recently been sold. Know the specs of these houses – how much, the design, the other perks included. Study what you learn and make sure that the house that you sell should be packaged in the same way the saleable houses were.

Tip # 3 – Checklist if you are about to BINGO on the reasons why houses do not sell:

Go over the list of common reasons why houses do not sell. They might be the very reason why until know you are not selling houses. Then, examine the house that you intend to sell and check all of the things that you think would cause your potential buyers to be discouraged from buying that house. The last thing that you need after all the effort that you put to get potential buyers is for them to back away because of the house that you are selling.

Tip # 4 – Do something with the reasons why your house do not sell:

Fix what you need to fix and change what you need to change. If you are on a tight budget and you do not intend to spend much just to make a sell, then you just concentrate on the most common parts of the house that buyers are very particular of – electrical and plumbing, roof, landscaping, heating and cooling systems, kitchens, bathrooms, unfinished renovations and maybe a bit of repainting if the paint of the house is not anymore as pleasing as it should look like.

The longer you stay in the business and the more houses that you sell or do not sell, the more experience you get and the more techniques you learn. Cliché as it may sound but the best teacher, they say, is experience, so do not get disappointed when you house doesn’t sell the first time. Instead, make use of that experience to improve your house flipping.

Terry Wygal also known as The Quick House Buyer, has been teaching real estate investors how to wholesale and flip houses for several years now. Terry also teaches real estate investors how put your website on the front page of google and crush your competition.

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posted by Success on Apr 20

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