A Home Based Business With Children?

Before anyone with children makes the decision to set up a home based internet marketing business, there are many things they should and must consider. I won't lie to you, it isn't all peaches and cream and there are people who crash and burn within a few months of quitting their jobs that pinned their hopes on making a fortune online. But I will tell you this, making good money from a home based internet marketing business around your family is happening and generating income for families all over the world.So how do you maintain a home based business and have children at the same time? First and foremost, a decision such as this must be a family one. You have to include your spouse and children in the decision as it directly affects them. If one of the walls is missing, then your home business will fall apart. Just as a house, this type of business needs full support to weather the days and become grand.Working around children is a huge task. Most kids, especially in their early years, need to be looked after on a constant basis making it difficult to have time for your business. These suggestions might not seem all that pleasant, but to make a go of a home based business, you must be willing to do whatever it takes.Get up half an hour earlier than normal to address any business details that occurred the previous day or overnight. These could be emails, phone calls, mail, advertising, or what have you. Make some calls during quiet time (possibly nap time or what have you) as you can find a quiet corner with your phone and do a lot more than you think in that short period of time if you put your mind to it. If your children are into sports, dance, or other outside activities, then use a cell phone (with an unlimited plan of course) to do some follow-up. Might sound a bit odd, but people looking into a work from home business will actually find this a good thing as they can do business while still being able to be out like this. After you put the kids to bed, get back at it again. This could be online advertising, dealing with the day's events or emails, or planning out the next day's to-do list. Very important is that to-do list as it will ensure that you are able to sleep without playing it through your mind all night, trust me I have been there.Involve your children as much as possible with your business. This way they will not feel so left out when you ask for some quiet time to take care of it. Depending on the age of the kids, I have heard of many different ways this can be done. Obviously infants do not have much to say or that they can do, however you can always take them along if you need to run business errands, deliver products, put out flyers, post pull tabs or whatever you need to in order to grow your business. Pre-school age kids love to color and draw - at least mine do. Have them make marketing posters or pictures. Chances are you will not use them, however they may come up with an idea or two you did think of. Older children are more than capable of helping with regular tasks, just make sure that you have some sort of reward at the end of it all. We would give the kids the choice of some family fun time or a treat (a simple ice cream was typically the treat) for their helping out. The older the kids, the more you can ask them to help with.Another thing that we have found very effective, especially with school age and up, is to have them write out a "dream list". This would be things they can have or do once the business hits a certain point (you can determine that). Get them to make pictures or cut them out and paste them on a board for all to see. This is a great reminder when you need the time for business while they are around. Might sound like a materialistic thing, but you may be surprised at what they come up with. I know I was.I hope these tips have helped and I wish nothing but success making income at home.

How to Generate MLM Leads With the Facebook Share Button

Maybe I'm behind the times, or maybe I simply hadn't noticed or paid close enough attention.Somewhere along the way I had NOT added the "Facebook Share Button" to my blog until recently.If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at right? That is exactly what I had to do when I realized that I had forgotten to add the "Facebook Share" plugin to a recent 2 part series of posts that I created about the top Wordpress Plugins for Internet marketers.Since I don't want this little plugin to feel all left out - I'm dedicating this article to the Facebook Share button - and specifically how you can use it to learn how to Generate MLM Leads from Facebook.What It Does...If you already have the TweetMeMe button (which I've had since the beginning of my blog) then the Facebook kind of completes the formula for for helping to generate more traffic and leads from the two largest social interaction sites on the net.That is, unless you've already got too many leads and too much web traffic. You were probably rolling around in honey and then rolled in $100 bills last night just so you could see how many you could get to stick to you.In that case, just pass this article on to your friends and get back to rolling in your money.How To Install Your Facebook Share Button:1. Login to your Wordpress dashboard.2. Click on the "Plugins" tab on the far left and then"Add New".3. This will open a new section with a search bar that says "Search Plugins".4. Type: "Facebook Share (New)". This is the one I am currently using. You can click on the title name and it will send you to an information page about the plugin itself.5. You can actually click the "Download" button here which will download the zip file for the Facebook Share Button. Unzip the file on your desktop. Make sure you know where it is. Then simply upload the file to your webhost. You'll need your passwords for your webhost. And you'll have to have a basic knowledge of how to upload files to your webhost to do this but it's really easy if you've done that before.OR6. Instead of clicking on the Download button and doing all of that work, stay on the Search page that lists the "Facebook Share (New)" plugins, and simply click the "Install" link on the far right after the rating stars. This will download the plugin directly to your Wordpress blog.7. Activate the Facebook Share plugin by going to the "plugins" link in your Worpress dashboard. Just find the plugin in your list and click the "Activate" button.8. Now, to cofigure the Facebook Share plugin (which you'll need to do before you are able to activate the plugin) go over to the far left, and you will see the "facebook Share" section just above the TweetMeMe section.9. This is where you will go in and play with the settings and configure what you want your button to look like, where you want the button to sit in your posts, etc.10. Analytics. There's a cool option below the settings link called "Analytics". This is where you will be able to track how people are using your Facebook Share Button. As network marketers, we should always be testing and researching our marketing. This analytics section will show you which posts of yours are getting shared, how many clicks you're getting from the button, and other cool data.Now, I'm not saying this to try and distract you from marketing, BUT I feel that this is a necessary plugin that you need on your blog posts. If you're looking at increasing your blog traffic and monetizing the posts to generate more MLM leads from that traffic, then you need the Facebook Share buttonGenerating MLM Leads From Facebook:

Free Network Marketing Leads

I know you have probably read several ways to generate free network marketing leads. I'm going tell you what works for me. The first thing you need to do is set up a lead capture page. What is a lead capture page? It's a website where your visitors submit their name, email address and phone number on an opt-in form in order to receive something that you're giving away. E-books are a very good source to offer your prospects. What you are actually doing is building your list and building a list is powerful.Now that you have your capture page all set, the second thing you want to do to generate free network marketing leads is write an article. This is a very powerful strategy. You're probably asking, what do I write about? Write about anything, but make sure it's something that relates to your product or service. Your article should be at least 500 words, but no more than 750 words. Once you have your article written, the next thing you want to do is post them on Article sites such as EzineArticles, ArticlesBase and ArticleDashboard. Make sure there is a clickable link in the author's bio that leads your visitors back to your lead capture page.The third thing you want to do is post a video on sites such as YouTube, Kewego and Guba. It's easy! Just record a video talking about your product or service. You can also give away some valuable content such as how to generate free network marketing leads! Make sure you put a clickable link to your lead capture page in the beginning of your description.The fourth thing you want to do is start a Blog. One of the best places I found to build a blog page is WordPress. On your Blog you can talk about your business, your product or service or anything that concerns you. Placing an article on your Blog is a very good strategy. You can also have an opt-in form on your blog for your visitors that want to sign up for your newsletter, if you choose to have one. Once again make sure there's a clickable link on your blog that leads your visitors back to your lead capture page. Blogs are very popular and can generate tons of traffic for you.The last and very powerful strategy to generate free network marketing leads is to submit your articles and videos to social bookmarking sites. Onlywire, Digg, Reddit, Del.icio.us and Google are very good social bookmarking sites. Just make sure the heading in your bookmarks are the same as the heading on your article and video.Well that does it. The key is to write one article and record one video every week. Post them on the articles, videos and bookmarking sites. This is one of the best ways that I found to generate free network marketing leads.

The 21Ten Opportunity - The Real Truth Behind This MLM Company

The 21Ten MLM opportunity that has popped up recently has created some buzz throughout the network marketing industry.If you're wondering whether it's a viable opportunity for you to plant your feet into, make solid income and finally become successful, I may be able to help you in this 21Ten review. I'm not associated with this multi-level marketing company so I'll be able to offer some solid 3rd party thoughts.Although this MLM company is new, it does appear to be built on some solid ground. Oxyfresh owns 21Ten. Oxyfresh has been around since 1984 so there's a good track record there. In addition, they have Mark Yarnell as an advisor. Mark Yarnell wrote "Your First Year in Network Marketing" and is a regular legend in the network marketing industry.Oxyfresh is producing products with the environment and the Earth in mind with this new company launch. While this is another nutritionally based product line, it just may have what it takes to allow you to become successful. Their powder nutrition sticks should be received well by those conscious of their health and those who don't like throwing out the plastic bottles that the other companies out there offer.Anti-aging, natural energy, mood enhancement, and immune system boosts are what the powder sticks claim to help with. Who doesn't need help in these areas in today's toxic environment. In addition, this new network marketing company offers personal development/motivation podcast download cards that will offer new content each and every month.From a product line and company track record standpoint, it appears at this early stage that any talk of a 21Ten scam may be a bit premature.Now, for the most important part of this story...what are YOUR chances of having real success in this MLM company and building a solid residual income stream for yourself?Please understand that there are many, many solid MLM opportunities out there. Just because this new launch has the advantage of a Mark Yarnell or Oxyfresh behind it doesn't automatically mean that you're going to have powerful success.Although this industry offers all people the opportunity to create wonderful income streams, it's not super easy to win in multi-level marketing.The first thing you must take into account is your own personal growth and development. How well do you work with others? Do you have leadership skills...even just a bit? Success with network marketing takes dedication to bettering yourself as a leader and communicator. Are you willing to work at this?Next, what is your plan when it comes to marketing to others? Do you have a huge "warm market" to talk to about 21Ten? If not, you must develop a winning online strategy that will attract prospects into your sales funnel process.The true winners in today's modern MLM era are the people who understand how to use marketing techniques such as social media, video marketing, pay-per-click advertising, forum marketing and the other various Internet marketing strategies.Take this into account when deciding to join 21Ten. Your success in any multi-level marketing company hinges less on the company and much more on your personal, leadership, and marketing skills.