It’s Hard Work!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Chris And Susan

It’s Hard Work!

Yes .…. that’s the truth of the matter.  Whatever you do requires you to “work” and at the beginning when everything is new it can be “hard work” … but it won’t be like that forever.  Starting an online business or bringing an existing business online is no different to any other new project… but it can bring real fulfilment and be great fun.

Now the reason we are writing this blog post is to dispel the myth that working online is about lazing about on a beach with a laptop by your side doing pretty much nothing.  In fact when we were researching an image for this blog post we were amused by what we found.  Great isn’t it?

So there it is – a laptop on the beach …. but someone has to operate it!  There were some even better pictures of women in bikinis with laptops on the beach but they didn’t look like they were working either …. plus we all know that sand and computers don’t really go together.

But the point is not to put you off the dream of working online from anywhere in the world because it is possible with determination, planning and hard work.  To have what is  often referred to as  “the laptop lifestyle” .  To be honest that is really what the images of a laptop on the beach are meant to conjure up.

We are lucky that we do live “the laptop lifestyle” and work from anywhere in the world – beaches included (although we prefer the mountains and skiing) but it didn’t happen overnight that’s for sure.  We worked hard to get to this point in our lives but by following a straightforward step by step system, learning the skills of internet marketing and working with a mentor we have been able to achieve just that.

But we were just like everyone else at the beginning of our journey online – we had to learn how to build websites, and lead capture pages (even understand what they were), learn how to create webforms, how to do blogging and article writing ….. phew the list seems endless when you start to write about it.   But … over time it all becomes easier and you can initiate automation into your business that releases that all important time we crave for (the lifestyle)

Working online from home is a fantastic business model and one that we believe will hold up the economies around the world in the coming years as more and more people realise that with the growth of the internet and all the technology now available there are more and more opportunities for them.  Opportunities to start a business, spend more time with their loved ones and their families and be totally responsible for their own income and no longer at the mercy of “the boss“, “the job” or “the government”

The one determining factor will be how big is your reason why… so the question you have to ask yourself is “why I want to start my own business”   To help you answer that let’s tell you a little about our reason why for those of you who don’t know us so well.

Two years ago we were working long hours – 50 + hours a week in our management consultancy business and whilst we actually loved our “job” and our clients we had no time to spend doing the things we loved …. like skiing.  Added to which our client base was not secure and with everyone tightening their belts our income was very much at the mercy of those we “worked for” and we knew that was not a comfortable position to be in.

So we set about finding an alternative and we matched our skills as business entrepreneurs with working online.  It certainly wasn’t easy to begin with and we learnt our skills and cut our teeth so as to speak just part time to begin with.  Part time mean working full time in our consultancy business and then spending 2 hours every night and weekends building our online business.   Hard Work!  But it paid off because within 6 months we were running a full time business online and because we love coaching and training that is our focus.

Now, because we know the work involved we are very honest when people contact us and we tell them how it is – that it is possible but that it will require working hard at learning the skills to be really successfull.  It is not something that can be done with no investment (in time or money) and certainly not for free.

We use the online coaching and training platform of The Six Figure Mentors to get our students off to a flying start – and to make sure that they know what they can expect they have to complete an Application first (just like you would if you wanted to become an Apprentice with Alan Sugar)  – because that way they know if it is going to be for them and if they have the right mindset to achieve success online.

So the moral of the story is – if you want something enough and you are prepared to put in the hard work it is possible to achieve success online – but you’ve got to want to do it enough!

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What’s Your Value?

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Chris And Susan

What’s Your Value

So how would you like to be chased down by people wanting to buy your products and services?

To know how other marketers, who might look like you, sound like you – and may have even been marketing for less time that you … are getting all those sign ups and customers that should be yours?

So how do you do that?

It’s SIMPLE when you know how and it’s really just a matter of demonstrating your personal value

That means …..

  • how you see you
  • how others see you
  • and what you have to offer apart from your products and business

This is what all good solid businesses are based on and why people buy from YOU –   because of who you are and what value you can ADD.  It’s why the multi level marketing business thrives – because people buy from those they know, like and trust.

BUT … when you’re brand new how do you do that?  You will be pleased to know that it is fairly easy to do …. IF you are willing to follow some simple suggestions

Here’s a video we’d like to share with you from a very successful entrepreneur and marketer and the founder of Empower Network – Dave Sharpe

We hope you enjoyed and took value from the video – we certainly did.

Having watched the video we hope that you can see that it is absolutely possible for you to succeed … from scratch ….. and be that ‘person to go to’ by demonstrating your value to your marketplace.   That you don’t have to as they say ‘fake it until you make it‘ as so many people try to do.  You don’t need to pretend to be that ‘Guru‘ at the top of the tree to build a successful business.  That may be your ultimate goal but it’s going to be a journey and one where you can share the value of your experience as you go.

We certainly didn’t wake up one morning and announce to the world that we were ‘gurus’.  Just like you we had to start from scratch, learn the basic skills, learn how to attract traffic, leads and prospects and show them through value based communication how they could also set up a business on the internet and learn the skills of internet marketing.

Now we run regular workshops teaching people how they can set up a business online, we have a webshow we air on a Tuesday night bringing free training to internet entrepreneurs and are joined by some very very successful experts in our niche who are willing to share their skills and experience.

All of this did not happen overnight!

Every single one of us had to start from scratch – building your first website, writing your first blog post, getting your first lead and making your first sale.

That puts you on the first rung of the ladder – your value building staircase.  You now have value you can share with the sea of people out there in the world looking to do the same as you ….. and because you have done it already YOU HAVE VALUE and you can share that value and experience.  You can talk about what you have learnt and how your ‘prospects’ (for want of a better word) can do exactly the same.  It really isn’t rocket science.

Don’t try and pretend to be something that you are not – just be YOU and add value to the lives of other people and day by day build your personal and business value so you can share it with more people.

Everyone has a story

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All of the students we coach and train started from scratch just like we did and their personal story, struggles and experience they share attracts people to learn from them and become a ‘lead’ in their business and a potential ‘sale’ in the future as they continue to develop that value and show this to their leads through communicating and sharing information on their blog, on social media and just talking to people in their network.

So this is what you’ve got to do to build that online business:-

#1  Start blogging on your website (sharing value)

#2  Think about where your customers are and get on “the same street as they are”

#3  Make your first sale your first goal

#4  Follow the system in your back office (whatever your back office is)

# 5 Share your success – first lead, first sale, first …..

Remember There is a very thin line that separates you from your competition – do one little thing that differentiates you from everyone else out there.

If you’re ready to get started and learn how you can share your value and start making money online JUST CLICK HERE

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