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IT Solutions: Tivoli Identity Manager

One of the best identity solutions management launched by IBM is Tivoli Federated Identity Manager. For one, it is easy to manage since it features self-service functions that results to more seamless administration of business information or applications. In fact, both external and internal access becomes convenient to all users. As a result, efficiency is enhanced as exhibited by remarkable reductions (by as much as eighty-percent) in provisioning time for new employee accounts. Businesses would surely appreciate the size-able reduction in identity management costs that drives up the savings by as much as forty-percent. Customer service highly benefits from this program since calls to the help-desk about password related concerns will be cut by as much as thirty-five percent. Indeed, this is one solutions management that will increase the profitability of businesses without sacrificing quality of operations. When it comes to life cycle management, Tivoli Federated Identity Manager rises above competitors since it provides comprehensive life cycle management with powerful capabilities. For example, it supports enrollment, permission, and access control for the entire period that covers the employment of a person in the company. If your concerns extend to business partners, suppliers, and external constituents, the network manager can also use the management functions to give access to trusted stakeholders who need internal resources. Truly, Tivoli Identity Manager is a win-win solution that cuts complex processes just to obtain critical data. On top of these noteworthy features, a hierarchical role structure provides sleek administration as well as visibility into user access to infrastructure resources. When it comes to web administration, web self-service is provided for administrators. Even creation of accounts and passwords are simplified contributing to less time and lower administrative costs. Self-service features also allow businesses to cater to high-volume demands from a huge web environment that pose complex issues such as user's identity. Any way you look at it, Tivoli Identity Manager is an identity solution that''s a cut above the rest.

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Does Video Help SEO in the Real Estate Market?

Whether or not video helps is a question often asked by many online marketers. The real question is whether or not real estate professionals truly know how to optimize their videos that will drive the traffic they desire.

"The simple answer is yes they can but, most don't know how to optimize their video channels when it is really easy to do! Most real estate professional aren't doing enough, if anyting, to optimize their videos." says Dennis Duncan, co-owner of Getting Started as a Real Estate Agent dot com. "The problem is that most RE professionals spend an immense amount of time creating content but fail to properly title and tag their videos with their keywords. And, even if they do know and understand this concept they don't 'ping' it out to the search engines or attempt to drive traffic to the video by article marketing and back linking to the content"  In the new 2.0 web economy their has never been a more exciting time to be online.

More and more of our daily activities are moving online in a Star Trek type of fashion. "Video appeals to our senses on three levels; audibly, visually and text accompaniment. Video moves us beyond the traditional articles where we have to sit down in front of a computer and read an article. More and more are finding it more conducive to their schedules to search on YouTube and find content or attend a webinar and play these video or live telecasts in the background while they are doing their work or day to day activities at home. Most can just log in to a webinar or find a video, push play and when they hear something piques their interest they just step back in front of the computer and see what the subject is talking about."  Len and his partner, Dennis Duncan - a SEO strategist and marketing strategist, a HUD Local Listing Broker in California & Supreme Court Mediator in Nevada - have partnered up to bring their experience and knowledge together to create a webinar curriculum that will teach anyone in the real estate profession to enhance their online presence by creating their FREE Realtor Internet Marketing Boot Camp (FRIMBC).

If you want to learn more about Len and Duncan's Free Realtor SEO and Internet Marketing Boot Camp webinars visit any of our webinars and learn how to find profitable keywords for real estate or any other online business. Our tips and strategies can be applied to any industry. Or, visit their site to learn how to find profitable keywords and sign up for a free webinar there.

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PR-WordPress Install, Setup and Navigation - Free Realtor Internet MarPress Release Why Do Most Real Estate Industry Professionals Have Horrible Websites?

Why is it that most real estate industry professionals have horrible websites? "The answer is simple: most agents don't take the time to set their site up correctly or don't want to spend the money on hiring a professional to do it for them. Most just think they need to set something up and get it out there to "the world". This is a very bad decision and we see it every day. We want to show people just how easy it can be to set up a website for your real estate related business on line."

"Most in the industry spend less on their website than they do on their wardrobe" says Len Dietrich, co-owner of Getting Started as a Real Estate Agent. "This is a huge mistake right out of the gate. Now, we aren't saying you have to spend a lot of money to get a great looking site we are just saying you either spend "some money" hiring someone or you spend some time building it yourself. Most people realize once it is set up the correct way then there are just a few tweeks you need to do on a daily basis to keep your content current and relevant; there is little upkeep. But, most don't realize just how easy it is.

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Why Real Estate Agents Really Prefer Webinars Over Seminars - Free Realtor Internet Marketing Boot Camp Press Release

Why Real Estate Agents Really Prefer Webinars Over Seminars "With an increasing workload, less time for their families and shrinking market share per agent, real estate agents have less and less time to spend attending seminars or other informative conferences. While many prefer the in-person meetings and meet and greets an increasing number of these agents are finding their time is better spent learning new skills by attending a webinar from their desktop while at work or home. It just makes sense for us to provide this service weekly to meet every realtors schedule." says Len Dietrich of http://www.GettingStartedAsARealEstateAgent.com.

Len and his partner, Dennis Duncan - a SEO strategist and marketing strategist, a HUD Local Listing Broker in California & Supreme Court Mediator in Nevada - have partnered up to bring their experience and knowledge together to create a curriculum that will teach anyone in the real estate profession to enhance their online presence by creating their FREE Realtor Internet Marketing Boot Camp (FRIMBC). "First off, every webinar of ours, at this point, is FREE! Most agents don't know how to market themselves and their properties on line. They are realtors, not marketers or SEO strategists. Not everyone can be a listing agent and have listings handed to them. So they need to know how to generate leads on their own" Len says. "It is getting very difficult to effectively market online if you don't know what you are doing" says Duncan. "What we wanted to do is take the mystery out of the internet marketing/SEO strategies and give everyone in the real estate industry- brokers, agents, escrow companies, title companies, lenders, mortgage brokers, home inspectors, painters, home stagers,etc., the best training available and, that is the most convenient. We will offer them 2-3 times a week at different times of the day that a participant can choose according to their own schedule. We'll also keep the total time to under 1 hour in length so that anyone attending can actually watch them at their desktop on their lunch hour, on their mobile device or from the comfort of their home. And, no fancy up-sales or hidden agendas. 100% content showing everyone the tools we use to get our sites ranked, drive traffic, drive leads and make more money in this very difficult real estate economy."

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Press release - Did the Panda Update Effect Article Marketing?

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Did the Panda Update Effect Article Marketing? Whether or not Google's Panda update effected article marketing and website traffic is a question often asked by many online marketers. The real question isn't if it effected article marketing but more of if it effected those creating poor content and passing it off as legit marketing. "Most content creators don't understand the importance of writing unique content. And, frankly, most people don't enjoy writing and ever more don't have the time to write" says Len Dietrich of Getting Started as a Real Estate Agent dot com. "Our opinion is that most newbies to online marketing will get their sites slapped by Google for loading their website up with content copied from other resources. The fact is that unique content will rarely get slapped down by Google. Those gaming the system were penalized for creating bogus content and uploading to content farms. This will work temporarily but it gives many people false hopes and little genuine traffic. Since the Panda update it has never been more important to create and properly syndicate content online. The real issue is; do people really know how to strategically do it?"

If you want to learn more about Len and Duncan's Free Realtor SEO and Internet Marketing Boot Camp webinars visit you can sign up for any of our webinars and learn how to find profitable keywords for real estate or any other online business. Our tips and strategies can be applied to any industry. Or, visit their site to learn how to find profitable keywords and sign up for a free webinar there.

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Top 6 Niche Marketing Tips for Real Estate Agents

In today's real estate market no longer does an agent have to think about marketing only in his or her local market. The internet has now created a world with no boundaries. But, successfully navigating this is becoming increasingly more difficult if you don't know what you are doing. Below are some tips and strategies that will help you get started.

1. Identify your niche market: Keyword research is the cornerstone to effectively gaining traction in your market. For me I chose to create websites specifically focused on Golf Homes in Southern California. I then Googled golf homes in Southern California and found 2 dozen golf courses in my region. Then I would enter those golf course names in to Market Samurai and find ones that drove 20-80 unique searches a day that had relatively low competition that would be easy to rank for.

2. After I identified those courses that drive some traffic I then research and write an article on that golf course. Within the content I highlight some of the features of the course. I have even called golf courses and spoke with their media directors and "interviewed" them a bit using the content from our conversation as content for my article.

3. Create a free blog. Write one article for that site about this particular golf course and the homes surrounding the course that includes your keywords with your main domain site that you are trying to get ranked in the search engines as being embedded as the links for those keywords.

4. I then would put those articles in my article submitter, create my signature line with a link directing back to the blog and have it auto submit 5-10 articles a day to directories and other websites looking for unique content for the golf niche. After about one to two months I will start to see some movement to the top 2-5 pages of Google depending on the number of daily submissions you choose. Ultimately, the blog you have set up will pass the "link juice" of your embedded links along to your authoritative website letting Google know what your main domain is an important site.

5. Create my Wordpress page and title it "My Domain dot Com/ the golf course name-golf homes". My strategy here is that golfers have disposable income and most are fanatics about the sport. As you drive traffic and increase your rankings for that site you'll eventually get on page one of the search engines because the blog you set up is passing along your link juice making your main site authoritative. Now, when a person is looking for a tee time for that course you'll now have a page on there titled "My Domain dot Com/ the golf course name-golf homes" and tagged with "Your Name" exclusive realtor for XX country club golf homes.

6. Once I received page one ranking for that golf course I would then contact the golf course media relations and let them know what I have done and that I would like to set up a meeting or take them out to lunch and introduce myself as the go-to real estate agent for golf homes in the area. I would then introduce myself to all of those around the course and in the clubhouse and let them know that I am the go to realtor for golf homes for this course. Now, you can do any niche that you like and you really need to think outside of the box. One could focus on campgrounds, historic landmarks, parks, recreation areas, vacation spots, etc. It is not uncommon for people visiting from out of town to want to look for vacation homes in the area and eventually purchase one from the local expert and trusted agent. At the end of the day they are visiting because they either like the area or have family or friends in the area. And, let's face it, we all want to live near the ones we love and those that we enjoy spending time with. So, you are branding yourself as the go to agent for that niche.

Really, after you do these strategies you just rinse and repeat for the next niche. Are you using SEO in your real estate career? What do you think of this strategy and also what other niches could you see for another agent or yourself?

Hello my name Len. You can sign up for any of our webinars and learn how to find profitable keywords for real estate or any other online business. Our tips and strategies can be applied to any industry. Or, visit their site to learn how to find profitable keywords and sign up for a free webinar there.

Southern California Gold Homes

Let's face it. Golfing is fun and can also be helpful for your business. You can meet clients on the links and close deals all while working on your swing. But, maybe you should buy or rent a golf home and host an event then invite your clients for a weekend of fun.

If you are looking for a great resource for golf homes in Southern California or, golf homes in California, then you may want to check out Southern California Golf Homes dot com. This is a new site and it is quickly becoming the one stop shop for California Gold Homes.

So when you are in the market for a golf home then be sure to check it them out. They may just have your California Gold Home waiting for you.

Also, be sure to check out our real estate site at Get Started As A Real Estate Agent.

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The +1 Effect on Article Marketing

You heard it here first. Is the Google +1 going to revolutionize search or it is going to falter flat? I'm not sure how Google is going to handle this. This is, definitely, going to be interesting. Why?

1. Google is reprogramming their algorithm to detect those "gaming the system". While their intentions are to provide search relevance and enhance the search results for those searching and, ultimately, clicking on ads, I'm puzzled at this approach. In my opinion, this is truly a way to better GAME the system: meaning, I can just employ people to cloak my IP or set up email addy's from different IP's, establish accounts, type in my keyword phrase then click on my search result site and make my +1 nomination. While labor intensive, the end result is paramount in advertising revenue for a site. I could earn hundreds of thousands of dollars if I chose to really get in to this. However, I am not one for "GAMING the system". Surely, Google realizes how easy this can be done. Google is relying on users to click the "+1" category and will base their algorithm off those choices? Preposterous. This is going to FAIL!

2. Less than one percent of people searching online care to make an additional click for a recommendation and, even less care to set up an account to make such recommendation. Google is behind the times on this one. Users want convience and not inconvience. I don't care what anyone says. If an AOL user likes something they aren't going to set up a Google account to "Like" the same thing.

3. Article marketing GAMING has been going on for years. Those that have figured it early on made BANK back in the day. The geeks that set up up those sites are retired, I'm sure, at this point. One can still article market. I still do it to this day. I have done it successfully to generate back links for some time. There is no doubt that it actually benefits those that provide quality content an actually optimize their websites to influence search engines.

What are you doing to enhance your SEO online?

Hello my name Len. Sign up for one of our free real estate webinars. You can sign up for any of our webinars and learn how to find profitable keywords for real estate or any other online business. Our tips and strategies can be applied to any industry. Or, visit their site to learn how to find profitable keywords and sign up for a free webinar there.

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Do Outbound "Do Follow" Links Hurt Your Website?

Nearly every site online has outgoing links. What are outgoing links? Links directing your readers to other websites. Those can be affiliate links/ad banners as well. For the most part, outgoing links are pretty harmless and, let's face it, we all want to share information with one another by posting a link for ease of use. There are some instances that can hurt your sites SEO. Now don't get me wrong, Google won't ban you from their search results but they can have a negative effect on your sites rankings in every search engine. Here are four ways that having outgoing links will hurt your website:

1. Relevancy of your outbound links: Don't put unnecessary, unrelated links to other resources on your website. Google and the other search engines are looking for relevant, related content from site to site thus creating authority for your site ultimately putting together a content trail/map for Google users to find. At the end of the day Google wants to provide in their search results content that people are searching for. And, so do the other search engines as well.

2. Do not follow links: Does your site have a lot of advertising? Ads have outgoing links embedded in them redirecting your viewers back to their website. For example, HTML code for an ordinary link might look like this:

<a href="http://www.site.com/page.html">Visit My Page</a>

This is how the link would look after the nofollow attribute has been added, with the attribute portion shown in bold

<a href="http://www.site.com/page.html" rel="nofollow">Visit My Page</a>

At the end of the day you don't want to be passing along your website's link juice along to the company that placed an ad on your site.

3. Do you have TOO many outgoing links? We all want to share the content we love but don't place too many outgoing links on your site. For the most part, you shouldn't have more than 100 outbound links on any web page of your site. The only way that you would have 100's of links on a page is if your site was a directory like Wikipedia or an article based web directory like Ezine Articles.

4. Quality: Having too many outbound links on your website will affect the overall quality of your site. Keep in mind that the search engines want top quality sites that will benefit their readers. Sites with too many outbound links will appear to the search engines as a spam site; one that none of us can trust. This is simple HTML coding that almost anyone can do themselves. If you want to get a little bit in to optimizing your site for the above mentioned you can always copy and paste the HTML code above and enter in your domain name in the place of the example domain name -

"http://www.site.com/page.html" and then enter your keyword in place of .....Visit My Page. <--This would be your keyword. Always to remember to include the " exactly as seen above.

What are you doing to control your outbound links?

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Press Release - SEO Strategies - Keyword Research Free Realtor Internet Marketing Boot Camp Webinars Can You Teach SEO Strategies and Keyword Research to Real Estate Agents?

Can you teach SEO strategies to real estate agents? "The answer is simply yes", says Len Dietrich, co-owner of Getting Started as a Real Estate Agent.

"With all the tools available online most people just need to figure out which ones are trash and which ones they need to be using. Our webinars will take the mystery out of marketing for the real estate industry and get people started down the right path." Len and his partner, Dennis Duncan - a SEO strategist and marketing strategist, a HUD Local Listing Broker in California & Supreme Court Mediator in Nevada - have partnered up to bring their experience and knowledge together to create a curriculum that will teach anyone in the real estate profession to enhance their online presence by creating their FREE Realtor Internet Marketing Boot Camp (FRIMBC). "No longer is there any mystery to the online strategies.

Our webinars demystify the confusion of internet marketing. We simply tell people how we do it. With Google having the Panda update and Facebook making changes every few months online strategies are changing daily and real estate agents need to know how to adapt to those changes. That is why we wanted to create the FREE Realtor Internet Marketing Boot Camp webinars to demonstrate just how easy it can be. Time consuming, but easy!"

"With an increasing workload, less time for their families and shrinking market share per agent, real estate agents have less and less time to spend attending seminars or other informative conferences. While many prefer the in-person meetings and meet and greets an increasing number of these agents are finding their time is better spent learning new skills by attending a webinar from their desktop while at work or home. It just makes sense for us to provide this service weekly to meet every realtors schedule." says Len Dietrich of http://www.GettingStartedAsARealEstateAgent.com. "We will start with the foundation of any online marketing campaign which is keyword research and then move on to other, less time consuming aspects of marketing yourself and business online. As the webinars unfold we'll get more in to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter Strategies that will help any real estate industry professional build their online campaign. Plus, you don't have to spend 3 hours on a webinar waiting for the big reveal. We'll make scheduling each webinar convenient for you and cover everything you need to know about the tools we use in less than in an hour. You can attend the webinar at your desk while you have your lunch!".

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10 Tips for Entrepreneurs and Home Based Business Start Ups

I've tried a lot of ventures in my time. As a kid I sold lemonade on the corner, worked on other kids bikes for a fee, held a big wheel race and charged an entry fee, provided a mobile detailing service for autos that would come to a persons work place, sold stuff on e-bay, became a supreme court mediator in nevada, real estate agent, entertainment related ventures that were pretty successful and now successfully running my own home business that I love!. Here are my top ten tips for any entrepreneur whether you are a newbie or an old veteran.

1. Find under-served markets and serve it. Instead of looking for the market for you product simply research those companies and individuals who are under-served and then go and develop something that solves a problem for them.

2. Rely on excellent biz to client and biz to consumer relations. Most underestimate the power of great customer and client relations. Especially online. Just because you may be setting behind a computer and not in the field meeting people in person don't believe for a second that people don't want good customer service on both ends.

3. Always pursue what you love and really focus on what you are good at doing. Identify your capabilities that will likely set you apart from your competitors and focus on those that are positive attributes. Make them the cornerstone to your business. I've seen Harvard grads that are way smarter than me that fail miserably with their poor people skills. Some people just aren't meant to talk to other people. And, some people have it! Smile....

4. Don't be scared to fail and know when to learn from that failure and move on. In all likelihood, you'll make mistakes. How you recover will help you build the back bone you'll need to survive even when your next brilliant idea or plan doesn't.

5. Be open and receptive to new opportunities. You never know when an opportunity may lead to your next great relationship or even to your next great idea. Joining a local Meetup is not a bad idea either. Surrounding yourself with like-minded people always brings on synergy.

6. Learn by doing. The best way to learn a business is by doing everything from the ground up. By doing you'll not only know your business better than anyone but you'll also gain the respect of others.

7. Master your elevator pitch. You never know when you are going to run in to someone influential. Fist sentence should grab their attention; the second one should offer an easy explanation.

8. Always follow your gut instinct. I've ignored it in certain situations in the past. I don't any longer. Having listened to my gut would have helped me avoid past catastrophic situations. Man, do I have some good stories on "what could have been" had I just listened to my gut!

9. Stay the course. Stay focused on your end goal. Be sure your vision is based on good research and not just fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants decisions.

10. Tighten up your budget. Always keep you eye on the bottom line. In today's business world there is no need to commit to an office lease/rental and unnecessary supplies. Stay as liquid as possible. Steal paper clips and white out from Kinkos if you have to. Outsource overseas to save money on labor costs when you aren't an expert at something or you don't have the time.

Bonus Tip: Don't be lazy. Do you have any bonus tips that we can add here? I'd love to hear what your thoughts are.

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Success in Internet Marketing Is Not Easy - Don't Read This You Might Get Scared and Quit

Success in Internet Marketing Is Not Easy - Don't Read This You Might Get Scared and Quit If you are new to internet marketing and wanting to get your feet wet then you'll want to think twice about getting involved online. Most people fail within the first six months and leave the industry. Some of the most common mistakes are made over and over without ever knowing that you actually missed step one the first time around. Knowing what to do when starting an online business is essential to becoming successful. You'll need to get an opt in list going like the one to the right. Give away something to your readers. Don't just expect them to just show up and not get anything. How often do you go to someones house to a party and not take a gift for them? Many of you may not do that at all but I know that I do. So, giving something away of value on your website is essential to building loyal readership and will keep your customers coming back for many visits. Maybe before you begin you should consider getting a mentor. Many people online will often help you out if you just ask. Most in this industry that are creating informational products are happy to share their experiences. I know I am. Now, I can't always do it every time for free but I do give people that ask me to help a shot at helping them along. So, try to find someone to mentor you. You'll be much better off and save a lot of money. You need to know who your competitors are. If you don't you are wasting your time. Spend a lot of time researching the market before you even build your commerce site or a membership site. You'll gain much insight to what is going on long before you launch your site or product. Having some general knowledge of SEO is also helpful but not mandatory. Most of your SEO tactics can be learned by going to YouTube or finding a local expert for your market. Hell, email me. I'll give you some help. For FREE! Also, when you get in to a market you are going to have to learn how to find profitable keywords. If you don't identify your niche and seek out the low hanging fruit keywords then you'll flounder and fail online. How to Get to #1 on Google isn't easy.

For example, I have a new site I am building called Southern California Golf Homes. I had to do extensive keyword research to find golf courses in Southern California that I could include in my content of my site.

Finally, you have to create not only a product or service but you'll need to create content to syndicate online. Not everyone is good at writing interesting, unique and informative content especially when you get started. For example if you are in real estate you may want to outsource real estate tasks over seas to get some of your content going. If you are trying to write articles on your own then you also may want to check out Jiffy Articles. Jiffy Articles makes it really easy to come up with unique content. They give you many templates to start with. You can see a Jiffy Articles review here. Hope this helps and always feel free to contact me directly at our website. Especially if you want to get started in real estate and learn how to market real estate online. I am happy to help you with whatever you may need.

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Are You Leading Your Business by Example? 3 Questions to Ask Yourself

"Do what I say, not what I do." When I was a kid I was sarcastic and, still am. My Mom would tell me something to do and I'd say, "Well, you didn't do it that way." And, she'd say, (now, we've all heard this one), "Do what I say, not what I do." Mom and I would banter back an forth, eventually her winning the fight, But, as Einstein explained , "Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another; it is the only means." If you really want to help others become successful, you can't just tell them what to do; you must show them. I've learned that people will really learn from you if you teach them. You can really show true leadership and influence if you lead by a great example. By combining words and actions in to one powerful force voice for influence you will achieve what you set out to accomplish: loyal followers, with the same vision in mind, equal success.

1. Are you willing to do the work? If you want to lead by example then you must be willing to do the work. You must also be willing to let people see you doing the work not just the results it produces. Think about this, if your employees, team members or children never watch you work, how on earth can they learn from your example? There are are too many leaders that say, "Do what I say, not what I do." Do you really want to be that person? Well, I don't. At the core of a person saying this is really insecurity.

2. Are you too cool? I have friends that are extremely successful. Now, when I say that, I mean that they are in the 10's of millions of dollars in wealth. (and, under 100 Million-not billions------I ain't that cool to know someone with billions!) To this day, I haven't hung out with the billionaires. However, the successful ones aren't afraid to take out the trash or pick up a mop when necessary. The one quality I find with struggling entrepreneurs is their their lack of vision and they have egos. They want to show people they are the boss. This doesn't work. You show people you are the boss by leveling the playing field and demonstrating to your employees that you aren't afraid of getting your hands dirty.

3. Can you visualize success? Close your eyes for a mere 60 seconds and allow yourself to envision success. Let me give you an example of how I believe this can lead to success. There is a book called, "Talent is Overrated." In fact, talent is truly overrated. It really is. Talent is developed. Talent is harnessed. Talent is focused. And, encouraged. At the end of the day we are nimble creatures. Delicate. Insecure. Unsure. But, I say, break free. It's time. Run with opportunities and develop those opportunities you are given. Embrace them. Get out of your comfort zone. Be open to opportunities outside of your genre that may welcome synergy and teach you new things. When you learn to accept these opportunities you'll grow your business tremendously.

Bonus tip: Most of my friends are humble enough to take out the trash at their start up. What are some of the most humbling tasks you've done to prove to your employees that you are worthy of being followed for a successful company?

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5 Tips For Businesses to Succeed in Todays Online Market Place

Businesses online and offline are finding it increasingly difficult to compete in todays web 2.0 economy. Customers are becoming more fragmented and are looking only for the products and services they need and are more careful in making those decisions. Take in to consideration as well that the economy is in such a state of flux with recession on the brink of reoccurrence monthly. Traditional strategies have been kicked aside and everyone must try new strategies to get by. This is a difficult place to be in for any business but, at the same time, it is an exciting place for many as well. Those that choose to change with the times and take some well calculated risks with precise strategies will rise to the top in the new economy. What can online businesses do to increase their chances of succeeding in todays marketplace?

1. Either learn Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies, hire someone to do SEO or delegate SEO strategies to someone in your business. The learning curve for SEO is steep so we always recommend hiring a professional team or outsource your SEO strategies to an established virtual assistant (VA) that you can trust. Find the products and services in your niche and do keyword research in that niche that you can focus your efforts on. Finding a highly trafficked niche is difficult to do but can be done with proper keyword research.

2. Focus on those niches as opposed to trying to take on a broad slice of the market. Ultimately, with proper keyword research you will build traffic from several different niches and over time you will build your cliental. Yes, it may take some time, but you'll be branding yourself as the expert in a particular niche and, in the long run, you'll have a loyal client base not to mention you'll be receiving traffic from several different resources that are specifically looking for your product or service over a broad spectrum.

3. Create a YouTube or Vimeo channel and then create unique video content directed at your target market. Video content is rich and Google loves video ultimately feeding traffic directly back to your site. And, it is actually easier to rank for video than it is for creating written content. But, be careful to label and tag your video appropriately with your researched keywords. Otherwise, all the hard work you've done to create the video content will go unnoticed.

4. Don't get in your own way! Oftentimes our past failures get in our way when venturing in to unknown territory and we put up a road block in our way before we even get started. Don't be scared to fail a little bit and try some new techniques and strategies. If you need a little encouragement find some online resources to help you overcome your fear and help you identify why you are getting in your own way. It is more common than you think. Just get started and figure it out as you go! Get the "I'm going to do this" attitude!

5. Network as much as possible. Networking on line is really easy to do and most of us embrace social interaction online. Don't be afraid of technology. Also, network within your community. There are many "Meetups" organized on a weekly basis in every city. These people are like-minded and you'll find much synergy and camaraderie at such MeetUps.

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5 Step Checklist for Home Based Business Start Up

After you've decided that you want to open a new home based business there should be a certain procedure you follow in order to get you started on the right path to success. Ultimately, with any home based business, the success or failure of your business is really only up to how much time, effort and planning you put in to the business. Get some advice from someone that has done it before or at least spend a lot of time reading other stories of successes and failures of other home based business entrepreneurs.

1. Your must make the commitment. - Almost before anything else you must make the dedicated to to making your business successful. Be very realistic that this is, in fact, what you want to do. I've seen many start-up home business fail after just a few months. Most quit because they realize the financial reward is not as quick to come to them, get frustrated and give up.

2. Think about how you'll structure your company. - There are several options here; sole proprietorship, partnership, C-Corp, S-Corp and LLC. If it is just you going at it alone I would recommend just getting moving first and see if your business is going to get off the ground. If it does then you can restructure the type of entity later. Nothing worse than spending money on unnecessary paper work when you aren't sure it is going to work. If your new endeavor gets some traction then you can use Legal Zoom to set up whatever entity that you feel is best. If your start up has employees then you'll definitely want to be cautious and make the right decision as to what type of structure is best for you. Really a good rule to live by is that if your company requires retaining employees then get protected. Nothing worse than starting up a landscaping business and an employee looses a finger. Then you'll be screwed. If it is only you, in my opinion, wing it and structure as needed. However, if you are doing a home based business and it IS only you but you'll have clients coming to your home office then you'll want to get some type of general liability coverage in case your pet ferret attacks your client.

3. Come up with a good business plan and mission statement. - In the early days I never did this. I just "jumped in and figured it out". Now, I still do that from time to time on different projects but I have learned that most of my successful endeavors have been ones that I thought out far in advance of launching then modified as I went along. I guess I never really have done an official, fancy business plan. However, if you want to borrow money then you'll need a good business plan. Another good aspect of creating a business plan and mission statement is that it is really a good exercise to get accustomed to. Additionally, you may find a friend, relative or mentor that could help you put one together ultimately pointing out situations or scenarios you may not have considered. Although I'm from the "Let's just wing it!" school of thought, coming up with a business plan NEVER, in my opinion, hurts anything.

4. Define your target market and find where they are. - This is probably the most important part. When I started online I spent money on Google PPC and Facebook advertising. What I realized was that the core of my market was really on LinkedIn. So, I spent hundreds of dollars on Google and Facebook (and so much more of my time) when I should have been putting my efforts towards LinkedIn. So, know where your audience and market spend their time. Another tip is visit blogs that are in your target market and see what people are talking about. Go there, read the posts and post a reply and also, in your post/reply, ask some questions. This strategy costs no money and you will for sure gain some insight from others. For the most part, people online are generally likely to help you if you aren't a butt head and treat people poorly. I've learned that just being cool and helpful has got me much further when I am posting. And, it never hurts to be nice with people. At the end of the day people that are starting a company online or offline really need to have relationships with other people. Build a credible reputation with your peers. It has always worked well for me.

5. Who are your competitors and can you compete with them? - This is a biggie! Every business with have other businesses that are competing with them. You really need to know everything that you can about them. Finding out about a company's reputation is really easy to do online. Actually, if the company allows comments or has a forum you can always just read the comments and see what people are talking about. If you investigate this beforehand you'll know how to add additional value to what product or service you are selling. Bonus Tip: Get on your competitors mailing list and visit their websites as often as possible. You'll see how they run their business. I've done this for years and learned so much about each of my competitors.

What have you done to make your home based business successful?

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How Match Does a Real Estate Agent Make Yearly

How Match Does a Real Estate Agent Make Yearly How match does a real estate agent make truly is determined by what part of the nation the agent happens to reside. Here are some specific factors that work out how match a real estate agent makes; location, commission splits and the way frequently you wish to perform. For instance, an agent in Los Angeles, CA may perhaps make a much more than 100K on a yearly basis selling just a couple of properties as opposed to a broker within a further part of the country will have to sell 10-20 households to generate a equivalent yearly revenue. The online world has developed a world devoid of limitations and, though in my opinion, a realtor can specialize in one general vicinity, there's no doubt that that's the old school way of thinking. Simply growing your market is an effective way to get many more clients and maximize your financial well being. Picking out methods for getting this done turns out to be confusing. Let me share some really good instances the way a broker can certainly enhance his or her earnings. So, exactly how match does a realtor make? Suggestion 1: You really need to learn how to find profitable keywords and especially within a distinct niche. Getting a specialised niche in real estate is pretty quick to accomplish simply open your thought process. Have a drive in your town or city. What exactly tend to be the sights inside your area? Industrial facilities? Pizza Joints? Chiropractic care offices? What exactly is your community produced around? As metropolitan areas have been established they often times have already been built around water thoroughfares and rail ways to make certain that moving goods to each city. For example, Pittsburgh - The Steel City. Detroit - could be a auto town. And so forth. Tip 2: After you've made the decision on the priority locally then google some search terms affiliated with, say, pizza joints in Columbus Ohio. Determine how many distinctive searches display for your key phrase. When the level of competition is low then pay attention to just a few posts discussed homes positioned near these pizza joints. After that syndicate them over the internet together with your keywords and key phrases included like "An Incredible Listing Near Pizza Hut on fifth in Columbus". Now, each time a particular person orders pizza over the internet your title will appear as the real estate broker for the area. Besides, many people really like pizza and wishes to live near a common pizza shop proper? Just kidding. Tip 3: Create a few diverse niches initially. Syndicate content articles and tag all of them while using correct key terms and phrases and meta descriptions within the body from the write-up. When you have syndicated a few articles for the initial, compact ideal location then extend on that a little. In the end, you'll achieve the title of the go to agent and begin appearing all around the location when consumers google for attractions within their local community. Not that you're going to begin selling a lot of properties but, finally, you'll be getting branded yourself and become show up in the search results every time any person googles something in your area your title will appear. Sooner or later, as consumers begin seeing your name turn up in the search results then consumers that will quickly come to be inquisitive about who the heck you are. How match does a real estate agent make truly is dependent upon how savvy you become. Get crafty. Apply social network sites. You should have a chance to eventually make 100s of Thousands of dollars every year just in case you actually out think your rivals.

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3 Tips to Spreading Health and Happiness in Your Business

Fact: 85% of people are less than "extremely satisfied" with their current jobs. Pretty amazing isn't it? 85%! Wow! That is nearly nine out of every ten people in the world! Here are a few tips I live by. 1. Live your day-to-day life and your business life by your core values. If you don't live by your core internal values then you will cause yourself conflict and increase stress and I can attest to that. I once worked a telemarketing job that rotted me to the core. The job was based around shady sales tactics and I didn't really like what I was doing. Once I learned what was really going on I got the heck out of dodge. Not that there was anything really wrong with what I was selling. The product was good but the pitch was misleading. I was just a wee-young buck so I didn't really know what was going on. But, deep down, I knew in my heart that I was misleading people. So, even though the money was really good for about a 30-hour week, I decided it wasn't for me. I took a job for far less money and slept A LOT better at night. Don't "do work" for the money. Do work because you love the work and because it is completely aligned with your core values. I know....with 85% of people being less than "extremely satisfied" with their current jobs it may be hard to do. A key takeaway is that you shouldn't compromise your morals. 2. Do less. We've all felt like there is "not enough time in the day. If you feel like this then maybe it is time to cut back on your to-do list. I once was a person that over committed myself. I think it stems from my mother instilling in me the value of giving more. While this is a great quality to have I needed to learn how to police that urge and allocate my time to others more wisely. Fact is, when I over commit, everyone loses and I lose even more sleep when I can't accomplish a task for others as well as feel good about achieving a goal of "satisfying others" for myself. 3. Get some rest! Most experts recommend 7-8 hours of sleep a night in order to give your body time to recover from the day's stress. With families, schooling, work and other activities many of us don't allocate that amount of time for sleep. At the core, our body is a machine; at times, more powerful than anything on earth. Think about the computers on the planet. Yes, many can compute faster than a human but can compute and can they outrun a human at the same time? I don't think so. I am no scientist or physician. In fact, I'm a washed up rock and roll guy that has re-invented himself as a digital nomad on the internet. The human body is the greatest machine that God has ever created. Well, the greatest machine needs rest. Give yourself that rest. You deserve it. You, your family, your employees and your business will prosper greatly from it. Bonus tip: Take vitamins and watch Ice Road Truckers while doing yoga. At the end of the day, you get what you give. If you give yourself (your body) the proper rest you will, in turn, give your employees, business and family the complete you! What are you doing to promote health and happiness in your business?

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