There is no doubt that being a virtual assistant has many perks – you get to work from home, you do a variety of interesting and challenging work, you have flexibility to set your own hours and to take as much or as little work as you can handle, and you make a nice sum […]
Success Tips for Online Writers
Web writing can be a lucrative and fun career option. Most business owners have now realized that having a web presence is necessary – whether you’re a one-person business or a large corporation. With that in mind, you can rest assure that this industry is here to stay. If you’re an aspiring online writer or […]
StumbleUpon Is an Amazing Marketing Tool
Getting traffic to a website is one of the most important parts of online marketing. Webmasters spend lots of time optimizing their sites for the search engines, submitting them to directories, and building incoming links. It’s a lot of work, but if done properly, the traffic will come. StumbleUpon is an Internet community that allows […]
How to Use Stress Diaries to Identify Your Work Stresses
We all feel stress sometimes. Stress is the natural response of our body to help us deal with difficult situations. Without it, we would be unable to survive. The problem is that nowadays, most people have too much of it. This can not only be detrimental to your health, it can also hurt your business. […]
Staying Committed to Your Business
Becoming an entrepreneur requires a certain amount of drive and enthusiasm. If we didn’t believe in ourselves and our businesses, we would still be working for someone else. But when the going gets tough, it’s easy to lose sight of why we started in the first place. This can cause us to become unmotivated, and […]
Successful Advertising through Social Networking Sites
To run a successful business, whether it’s traditional or online, it helps to keep up with current technology. More importantly, learning to use the latest technologies to your advantage. One great tool that savvy business owners are using to promote themselves is social networking. Social networks are websites that let people join, find their friends, […]
Social Networking Sites – A Time Trap?
Social networking is here to stay – Twitter, Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, blogging and a host of new social networking sites are on the rise. People want to be connected and the speed we’re moving in to stay connected is frightful at times – how can you keep up? But more importantly, are you being less […]
Six Quick Stress Reduction Techniques
Stress is a natural response. In fact, it’s a necessary response. A little stress helps us to avoid dangerous situations and act when necessary. However, stress can become a problem when used irrationally. Prolonged daily stress has been proven to affect the overall health negatively and may lead to many illnesses. Short bursts of stress […]
Importance of a Unique Selling Point
So, you’ve thought about your business, picked your niche, and now you’re ready to get started. Before you start, do go your favorite search engine and enter your key terms in. Chances are, you’re going to find quite a few hits for your search. These are all people you’re going to be competing with. The […]
Five Ways to Increase Self-Motivation
While self-motivation is a simple concept, we all know that it’s one of the hardest things to attain. Despite purely good intentions, most of us are better at slacking off than getting motivated. But, no matter what your attention span it is possible for you to motivate yourself and reach your goals; you just need […]