Well, here in the Ozarks I am watching it snow this morning… beautiful!  I am very thankful that we didn’t get much ice.  After last years storm, we went 11 days with no electricity!  I am not cut out for that!!  My heart goes out to those that are without power today….

With this snow day, and not much to do, I find myself working on my newest niche. And I can not say enough:

GET A PLAN!!

Something…anything!

Write it down and map it out.

If you are familiar with working online, dealing with websites, autoresponders, lead opt-in pages…..It can get very overwhelming.  If you aren’t careful you will find yourself working on part D when part A, B, n C, haven’t been completed.

Make a plan.  A simple step, by step map of what you need to do.  If you don’t you will find yourself wasting time and running in circles!

So, go—now!!!  Map it out!!!

Please, don’t think…”Well, I have done this before!  I don’t need one!”

Ha~that’s what I said and sure enough, I found myself working on my e-book when I hadn’t yet completed all my opt-in forms and autoresponders!!!  Who on earth was I going to market to with out the golden list???

I LIKE working on my e-books, that’s why I jumped ahead!  I had to almost start over because I had lost my mind set as to what all I intended to put in the opt-in and such.  Again, you may be quite the pro at this, but if you are even slightly apt to get sidetracked like I am…..

So~with plan in hand, I regroup and dive in again.  Don’t sweat the small stuff~you can always change course, tweet a couple of things and keep right on going!

((With a plan!!))

Seems my post were going into my drafts and not posting, therefore, not being sent….

Well, if it’s not one thing, it’s another!!!

Hopefully all is back on track and I will be posting the drafts later this week!!

Chin up…don’t let the little things slow you down!

Wishing each and everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

shay

Remember today to give thanks!

Be safe and God Bless!

I just said good-bye to my oldest daughter. She left this morning on her first road trip.

We took the time and planned it out. Mapped out the best route. Decided where she should look for gas stations, nice places to stretch her legs. She packed a lunch and a cooler of soft drinks.

Every couple of hours she would call me and keep me updated….all in all it went well for her. A wrong turn or two, but she knew the roads and town names to look for so she wasn’t kept off track for too long.

That’s what is needed for a business. A plan…something to keep on track with. And accountability. A workable, mapped out plan that keeps your focused! If you don’t have one…get one!

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On a personal note….I am sure thankful for cell phones!!

relationships. Whether it is with family, friends, or with work ~ it really all boils down to relationships.

This is geared more towards work today. Now and then the perfect work situation comes up ~ thinking of network marketing here folks… the “perfect” business opportunity to make all of your dreams come true. So you sign up and what happens next….nothing.

Now you have all of your family and friends saying, “Told you so” That is after they start talking to you again. You know how it is, everyone runs from you once they hear that you have joined another MLM company!!!

But it wasn’t supposed to be this way. Great company, great products…they were going to sell themselves!!! Or so you were told.

Let’s face it. People really don’t join a company because of the products or services. What we join with is the people. And building a MLM downline isn’t about the money, if it is, you won’t get very far….it’s about relationships. Helping other people achieve success. And most likely, if you haven’t done well with network marketing in the past, it wasn’t due to the company or the products, but your relationship with you sponsors.

Your sponsors can’t do everything for you, but they can help you find the best way for you to get your down line going. Do you do best with warm leads? cold leads? referrals?

Or how about none of the above. What if you are best using the internet as your way of generating leads?

If you have run into a dead end ~ and are interested in building relationship, helping people, and making the most of what you have….then take some time and check out

This made so much sense to me and helped me tremendously…..

Good Luck!!

It’s an old saying…”Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket!”

Translated for today… have more than one income stream. In today’s economy, with incomes drying up everyday, that’s just good ole’ common sense! (Right next to a penny saved is a penny earned!)

It may take some thought, but if you don’t have multiple streams of income, put some of your brain power to work and get something else going!

What??~ well, affiliate marketing for one thing….do some digging and see what is worth promoting  in your niche.  Write an ebook!  You are bound to be knowledgeable in some area! And if you are very knowledgeable, hire yourself out as a coach!

Just those simple  ideas have brought in some good solid income for hard working people.  And that’s just barely scratching the surface!  I also sell crafts that I make as a hobby.  Not big bucks, but it finances my hobby while giving me shopping money!  Get creative — but don’t give up!

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on a personal note…..that “hobby” will be my Holiday cash!!  Woo Hoo….countdown is on till Christmas!

So, what do you balance? We all have a couple of things going on at any given time…and if we aren’t careful, we can get caught up in one area to much, which will leave other areas lacking attention.

Kinda like my flower garden. Some days I just don’t have enough time to get it all done, so I just weed a small area when ever I can “find the time”. The only problem is if I don’t delegate enough time, just weeding a small area, now and then – well, let’s just say the weeds grow much faster than what time I find.

And ~ who can find time? Really! It’s not like we lost some hours somewhere that we can go claim and add to our day. We all have 24 hours to do with as we see fit, but without a plan of action or somesort of goal, we get unbalanced quickly and leave things, sometimes very important things, undone.

I am not a list maker, but I am making a simple one with what I want to get accomplished and putting it by my computer. I am also going to try and stay on track. I can easily burn hours on the internet looking for information.

It’s all a balancing act, and before we can balance anything, we have to know what we are balancing, and exactly what our priorities are.

Time to get your thinking cap on!

And on a personal note….I am so ready for the weekend….Hubby is going to a friend’s home for some football and I may actually get to sleep in!!  Woo Hoo