Many moms and dads are asking the question whether to stay in their job or consider an internet home based business opportunity.The current U.S. economic crisis has changed the lives of many families. Some Americans have seen their income reduced or sometimes eliminated because of lost jobs. Others are feeling job insecurity as their companies struggle.The employment picture appears to be improving. Job losses are declining. The unemployment rate remained at 10.0% in December. However, if the work force had not lost over 660,000 discouraged job lookers (given up on finding a job), the unemployment rate would have been 10.4%.But the current economy indicates that it will be extremely difficult to find another job if you are presently unemployed or unhappy with your present employment.When you consider the total of unemployed plus underemployed (employed but making less than before they were laid off) individuals, there are almost 27 million Americans who are looking for a job or a better paying job. It will take many years before all these people find jobs, even if the economy grows at a very high rate.However, there is no way that we will see high growth rates in the economy. The massive federal government spending is resulting in huge deficits. Higher interest rates and increased taxes will be needed to finance these deficits. Both of these will cause a major drag on any economic growth.As a result, unemployment rates will remain at high levels. Finding a job will be difficult for many Americans.We are seeing a major change in families throughout this country. Many moms and dads are considering the pros and cons of joining an internet home based business opportunity. Some are discarding the traditional path of working a job.When talking about an internet home based business, I’m not talking about a job stuffing envelopes or doing medical billing.To pursue an internet home business is not a bad thing. In fact, it is considered a blessing for some. Many moms and dads have considered this type of business before. A job loss or job insecurity can provide the motivation to make this change.Robert Kiyosaki, the best selling author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, recommends owning a business, rather than having a job, in order to create wealth.Of course, owning an internet home based business is not for everyone. A business owner must be a self-starter, be dedicated and willing to work hard, and be willing to learn and develop the skills needed for success. This isn’t an easy job.I recently heard Mr. Kiyosaki interviewed while promoting his latest book, Conspiracy of the Rich, 8 New Rules around Money. He discussed how the middle class was being eliminated and how holding onto a job was keeping families poor. He talked about how job holders were being held back by current tax laws, accumulation of debt, and coming inflation.He indicated that the working taxpayer would end up being the loser in today’s economy and the business owner would be the winner.Moms and dads need to make a decision. Do they want to play it safe and have a job? Or do they join an internet home based business opportunity?Kiyosaki asserts that holding a job, traditionally considered the safe choice, is actually the riskiest option. So the question is, what do you choose?
Start a Home Based Business in Retirement? Part 1 – Will a Home Based Business Solve Your Problem?
Congratulations. You’re retired and you thinking about starting a home based business.You’ve probably heard that at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting each person gets up and starts his talk by saying, “Hello, I’m __________ and I’m an alcoholic.”What they’re doing is admitting they have a problem, and they want help and support in solving it.Well, now that you’re retired, you’re reading this because you have a problem, so say aloud “I’m retired, and I have a problem.” That’s right; the first step in solving your problem is to admit that you have a problem.Perhaps your problem is:
Your retirement nest egg has been severely hurt by the drop in the stock market, or You can’t afford to take the vacations you want to take, or You have trouble paying your bills, or You’re just bored.
Whatever your problem, you’re wondering whether starting a home based business is a solution for you, and if it is, which business opportunity should you select, and what do you have to do to make it successful enough that it solves your problem.I started a home based business because my wife had a serious accident, and I needed to spend more time with her at home. I solved my problem by starting a home based business. Before making a decision, I thoroughly researched all the data available, so I could make an informed decision.I spent months collecting data. Hopefully, by giving you the results of my search, you will find your answers in a much shorter time.Briefly, what I found out is that a home based business can be a way to solve your problem. A great many people are making a very good living from their home based business, but many, many more are not only not making money, they are losing money.People lose money because they believe the hype that it is possible to make a lot of money in your spare time without any expertise and with very little expenditure of time and money. When they find out that this hype is a lie, they give up.A home based business is like any other business. You can make a lot of money in a home based business, but like any other business, it takes hard work, marketing skills, and an investment of time and money.Also, you can run a home based business part time, but you can’t run it in your spare time. You have to dedicate a specific amount of time to your business, and allocate that time to the various tasks that you must do to have a successful home based business.The key to a successful home based business is (1) using modern marketing methods and (2) finding a mentor who will help you get started. If you do these two things, you can succeed in any opportunity you choose. However, for a retired person, some opportunities are better than others.In succeeding articles, I will discuss these points in more detail.As I said at the beginning, you probably are looking for help and support to solve your problem. If you want help in solving your problem, don’t hesitate to email me, and I will do my best to help you.
Plan To Succeed With Information Product Creation: Why You Need To Split Your Process Up
One of the keys to succeeding in information product creation is to break the process up into discrete steps. This frequently isn’t an instinctive reaction for the typical information marketer. Especially on the internet where small sized learning products are the norm.
However, it is extremely important to your ultimate success. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if you don’t do this you probably won’t succeed… even when you are starting out let alone as you move forward.
Your product creation system should do this for you if only to help you to understand the overall task.
But why?
In this article, I’m going to ignore chunking and focus on the practical aspects. That’s not to say that chunking isn’t important. It is. It’s important to understanding and to learning the process. But while you can use the same chunks as you move forward, long term your focus needs to be on the operation of the system not the understanding of it. Unless of course you are constantly training new people!
So why is chunking important to long term use of the product creation process? (Yes, I know systems design uses a different term for this process but I’m not teaching you systems design. So I’m going to use the word learning content designers use.)
The first reason that having individual discrete tasks is important is one of schedule estimation. Frequently it is very difficult to estimate how long the total task of creating a product will take. After all, the size and type of the products matters as does the number of products in your product funnel. And those are just the most obvious elements. However, estimating a discrete task is often much easier. The total can then be estimated as the total of the discrete tasks.
Secondly, scheduling a large task can be problematic. However, by segmenting the task into a number of discrete tasks, you gain a much greater flexibility in scheduling. Not only that but as your business begins to add people you are able to schedule multiple people to the product creation.
Finally, segmenting a large task into smaller discrete tasks allows you to have much better control over the product creation. This affects two different areas — status and quality.
By segmenting your process into discrete tasks you are able to schedule and record the progress at much more detailed level. As a result you are more in control of the status of the product creation. You know what everyone is doing. When they should complete it. And how much it should cost. You also know exactly what has been done.
You also improve your overall quality. Instead of waiting until everything is done you can check quality as you go. This allows you to immediate react to low quality products without absorbing their costs. This means that you have less rework and your rework costs less. And if the product is not going to meet its quality requirement you will know about it in time to stop the development, change the requirement or fix the product.