It would appear that one of the most prevalent problems that still exist in building a home based business, is achieving long term success. Oh sure, people get started in business opportunity and have some limited success for a few short months. However, what about 6, 12 or 36 months into the future? How will your business look at that time? Will you still even be with the same company? So why is it that there is a 95 percent failure rate in this home based business industry? There are five suggestions that I believe are important to understand to impact your business in a positive way.Given all the available how to books and information on the internet, one would believe that failure rates would be much lower in a home based business, yet they are not. Tough questions need to be asked and more importantly we need to find out why is success so elusive for the majority of people. The other day, I was talking with my friend Cameron about people that are involved in a home based business and how important it is to build for local, national and international events with their respective companies. I started thinking about all the people that I have brought into a business over the past 15 years. What I thought about was, did I bring them in the right way? In other words, were they set up for success from the beginning of their journey. My article is focused on what to do with new people that join you in your home based business.Once someone joins your organization, understand that the real work has just begun. As a mentor, here are some guidelines that you can incorporate to build team synergy and growth.First, as simple as this sounds, yet is often over looked, get to know the new person on the team and find out what some of their specific goals are with starting a home based business. For example, have they ever been involved in a home business or is this their first time up to bat? Are they looking for a part time income or are they motivated for replacing their full time income? Without a doubt, one of the critical underlying questions for long term success is to find out if their WHY. I cannot stress the importance of the answer to this question. This will be their internal driving force to endure the ups and downs as they build a home business.Second, something that I have personally witnessed numerous times, is to have a basic training for the companies back office. In other words, show them around and where to find information, how to sign up someone into their organization. It may sound too basic for some, but remember, many people have never been exposed to the home business industry and affiliate programs etc. They need to know the companies policies – period.Third, and very important is do 3 way calls with your new person and other leaders in your organization. I recalled in the past 3 companies that I have joined, one of the first things they did was introduce me to other leaders. It was very exciting because they would tell their story about how they got started and what they did to build a viable home based business. This may sound basic to many, but time and time again, I see too many so called leaders fail to do this tiny, but important step. New people want to feel included in the team and know that if you are not around to help them, that they can call someone else to answer their questions etc.Fourth, develop a business plan with your new person. You need to understand how much time they will invest in starting a home based business. One of the main reasons I have seen for such a high failure rate is the absence of a clearly defined plan on how they will work their new business on a week to week basis. It’s the equivalent of starting on the east coast and driving to the west coast without a road map or knowing where you are going.Fifth, ensure they are on the team email distribution list for upcoming weekly conference calls, team training events, local and national events etc. In other words, get them plugged into the system. We get so busy in our daily lives, we sometimes can overlook to remind our team about important upcoming events. These types of events create a further bond between the new person and team synergy. We like to call that building for team events.Sure the above suggestions are common sense to many, but they are still critical to your success and the new people that join you. The above are guide lines only and some people may do them in a different order, but the main point here is to get them involved, introduce them to other team members and show them how to make money. There is magic and power when people come together. Friendships are created, bonds become stronger and new people get to see the bigger picture of the overall company. After all, you want them to be part of your home based business team for the long term – right?Regards,Darrell LischkaMake it a great day
Home Based Business Success – Back to Basics
5 Things to Do This New Year to Benefit Your Child in Special Education!
Are you the parent of a child receiving special education services due to autism or a learning disability? Are you looking for a few things that you can do, this new year, to benefit your child’s education? This article is for you! I will be discussing 5 things that you as a parent can do to help your child’s education in this new year!
Item 1: Check all of your child’s past standardized testing, to see if they are on grade level. As an advocate I have helped children that have been several grade levels below their peers, and the parents did not realize this. Catching a child that is having academic difficulty early, and finding out what type of related and special education services they need, will help them keep up with their grade appropriate peers.
Item 2: If you have never looked at your child’s educational record contact your district office (call and make sure that this is where the records are kept), and tell them that you would like to see your child’s school records. IDEA 2004 and FERPA give parents the right to look at their child’s school record, though schools do have up to 45 days for this. FERPA defines a school record as anything that is personally identifiable to a certain child. For example; E mails, letters, testing protocols, discipline records, (could also apply to audio and video recording, but may differ from state to state) etc.
Why is this important? This is important because some very strange items can be kept in a child’s school record, and these items can in the future be used against a child. For example: A medical record that you had not seen, a discipline record etc. FERPA does not necessarily allow for copying the records, but state law may give parents the right to do this, so check with your States Department of Education.
Item 3: If you have not had a chance to observe your child at school in their current placement, tell your child’s teacher that you will be coming in to observe your child. Observe your child and the teacher’s relationship? Is your child in a corner by themselves, or are they sitting with other students? Is there a child that is acting in a disruptive manner, preventing the other children from learning? Also talk to your child’s teacher, about any difficulties your child is having, and any suggestions on how to improve the situation.
Item 4: Get involved with the federal core educational standards movement! Each state has in the past, had their own core educational standards. Some states have had high standards, and some states like my own, have had low standards. For some time, there has been a movement to develop federal core educational standards that apply to all states. Federal Core standards have been developed and can be seen at: http://www.corestandards.org. At the moment these standards are voluntary, but states that adopt the standards can try and get additional funding for their states educational system.
Why are federal core standards important? They are important because they are considered very high standards, and these standards are meant to apply to all children, including children with disabilities. Fight for these standards for your child, to make sure that they are learning grade appropriate tasks, to prepare them for their adult life.
Item 5: Become familiar with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and file a State complaint for violations of this law! The complaint is filed with your States Department of Education and can help enforce the law, though may not always be successful! It has been my contention for many years, that if parents of children receiving special education services, filed more complaints the situation for children would be better than it is now!
By taking the time to work on these 5 things you are showing a commitment to advocate for your child and improve their education. Good luck!
Information Product Creation: Never Compete on Price Because There Is Only One You
Information product creation requires extensive preparation, no matter which niche you work within and you want to make sure that your information product has a successful launch. That probably sounds scary and intimidating but here’s the thing: this is a one time effort and it will pay off in a foundation that is strong enough to get your ideal clients to invest in your high-end programs and services without the perils of a traditional funnel. This article will teach you a few of the things that you need to remember if you’d like to invest in yourself and start on the information product creation path using your unique talents and abilities. Remember that you never have to worry about anyone ripping off your ideas because if you understand how to properly position yourself around your story.
Understand Both Strengths and Weaknesses: It is good to have an impartial view of your own strengths and weaknesses when lay the foundation of selling yourself within the information product creation process. It helps you figure out where you are, what you lack and how to move forward so that you get as much growth as possible. It is more than important, it is urgent if you want to create fast success for yourself to have personal positive reinforcement and deep belief to provide yourself the support you need so that you can get over your own limitations to ensure that your information product is as valuable as it can be.
You also need to know exactly who your competition is so you can study them and use their methods to help you improve your own standings. Down recreate the wheel, but understand the wheel and position yourself going uphill from the competition. Check out which kinds of opportunities you’ve already got and try to figure out how best to use them while taking care to remember your strengths and weaknesses. This is a great way to figure out where you stand against your competition which helps you figure out how best to grow.
Launch on Time: No matter what, even if you haven’t officially announced your “launch date” you should launch the site when you’ve said you would. This will force you to stick to your goal and actually work on it. Thinking that “I’ll launch it when I think it’s ready to launch” will only hinder your efforts. You’ve got a responsibility that you need to live up to with your launch, and you can’t move back on that one. If you get close to your launch date and you are getting hung up on your self limiting beliefs in your information product creation, don’t worry this about getting it out there and not perfection. As long as it is usable you should launch it. Launching on time is the professional thing to do and it is more important than creating a “wow” effect in your site visitors. You can always update/upgrade your website when you have to, so there shouldn’t be any issue with that.
Analyze Your Own Concept: If you want to make your information product creation successful you need to understand how good your concept is: is it really going to work for your chosen audience or would something else be better? You already know about your competition; how does your concept measure up? If you haven’t come up with your own idea and are trying to work with someone else’s concept, do some more work on your own before your launch. People want original ideas because they’ve seen too many other me-too websites already.
Test Your Concept Before You Commit To The Information Product Creation Process: One of the biggest failures people have with information product creation is not testing an idea before putting a lot of effort into producing an information product. PPC to a small 5 page site with a landing page is a great way to test an offer before you even produce it. If people will sign up to get it, you can be sure that you can create an information product that will target eliminating the pain of your target market. The small amount of money will be invaluable in using crowd sourcing to direct the final outline of the information product creation process.
You’ll have lots of hurdles to clear after the launch of your information product and the only way to truly take care of them is to follow the advice in this article to work smarter. Plenty of people work hard, but it is the ones who work smarter who make real money online with the information product creation business model.