Deep Discount on Mom Mastermind Membership

Recently a member of Mom Masterminds suffered a tragic loss of her son. You can read about her loss here….http://acherishedangel.com/.  After hearing about Melissa’s loss, many of the members of Mom Masterminds asked what we could do?  Kelly McCausey came up with a great idea to have a fundraiser to help the Ingold family in their time of need.  So she went crazy with the idea of offering a DEEP discount on the lifetime Mom Masterminds membership and donating the proceeds to help pay for little Kyle’s funereal costs.

You can see the offer here at -MM July Pricing Special

Even though this is a tragic loss for one of our fellow members – this is a great opportunity for you to take action in your online business and create a new future!  I can’t tell you enough about Mom Masterminds and how it has helped me in my business.  Definitely worth every penny – and I didn’t have an opportunity like this!

Hope to see you at MM!

Home Jobs Online

Home Jobs Online – How to Find and Get One

Here’s what you need to know and do if you are looking for a real work-at-home job online.

1) Understand that you aren’t going to sign up to work at home. Telecommuting work is found in the same way that traditional work is found and usually involves an application or resume, and interview process.

2) You can’t pay to get hired. Any company that says you can work for it by sending some money is not offering a job. It’s okay to invest in a good work-at-home job database or hiring a professional resume writer, but you should never, ever, ever, pay to get hired. Let me add here that a legitimate company will never need to use your personal bank account to do business either. Never pay money nor use your bank in a work-at-home job.

3) Be open to many job types. Instead of thinking, “I want to sit home and type,” think about all the skills you have that can be used at home. Are you a good researcher? Do you have good phone skills? Are you highly organized? Are you creative? Can you write persuasively? Make a list of all your skills, experiences, talents and hobbies and search for jobs that need those attributes.

4) Learn to do a job that has a high demand for workers. There are certain job types that have many job openings right now such as copywriting, customer service, web and graphic design, medical transcription, writers, and more. If you can’t do any of these jobs, why not learn how? Most can be either self-taught or learned through an online or correspondence course.

5) Look for work where jobs are posted. Most people get in trouble because they look for the wrong types of jobs in the wrong places. Use job search sites not search engines to find work-at-home jobs. Visit reputable work-at-home websites (offer articles, tips and information beyond affiliate programs) to learn about working at home and also to get job leads.

6) Be professional. I can’t believe some of the email I receive from people who want to work at home who tell me they can type and yet their letters have typos and grammatical errors. Or they say they want to work at home, but provide no information on what they are qualified to do. You have one chance to convince a potential employer that you can do the job. The employer doesn’t care about your childcare hassles or illness. She only cares about finding the best person to do the job. All your interactions should focus on what you can do for the employer.

Today, the opportunities to get hired to work from home are endless and continue to grow. But if you are to get hired, its important to understand what work-at-home jobs are, why companies offer them, and how you can position yourself to get hired. By understanding the six telecommuting rules outlined here, you will find legitimate jobs faster and improve your chances of getting hired.

Leslie Truex is the author of The Jobs Online Toolkit which provides step-by-step details on finding and getting a work-at-home job, including a list of over 300 companies that are frequently hiring. Visit The Jobs Online Toolkit and start applying for a job today!

Mom Masterminds May Madness

May Madness Has Begun At Mom Masterminds!

Every year the members of Mom Masterminds create an amazing offer to all their subscribers called the Mom Mastermind’s $5 May Madness Sale. Members of Mom Masterminds offer some of their best products for only $5! The offer is only good for 10 days – starting on May 10th and going on until May 20th. Amazing! Why?….Why not! As a member myself, I am offering low cost advertising here on the HBRD Business Directory and Shopping Mall. You can adverstise your business for one whole year for only $5.00!

Mom Mastermind’s $5 May Madness Sale Here is what you can get for $5 –

Affiliate Marketing Sweetie System
Regular Price: $37.95

How Video Helps Women in Online Business
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Real Life Guidance Guides
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Become A Blog Consultant
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Mom’s Talk Network Advertising
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The Small Business Study Social Networking Guide
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Scrapbook Business Success
Regular Price: $9.00 – 19.95

Lifetime Directory Listing in Christian Moms in Business
Regular Price: $17.00

Hot Seminar Series
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Blog Internship
Regular Price: $10.00/week

25 Christian PLR Articles
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Internet Marketing Business Clean Up Self-Study Course
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PMS & Cravings
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Online Marketing for Offline Business
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Lawn Greetings 101
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Keyword Research
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How to Use Squidoo
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7 Types of Publicity & How You Can Repurpose Them for Affiliate Success
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Promote Your Business with a Video
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Blog Posts, Customization, Custom Graphics (That’s us!)
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Organized Assistant (The Spreadsheet with Brains!)
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Advertising for your Direct Sales Business
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Marketing 101 for Small Business Owners
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TechBasedTraining
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Weekly Meal Plan
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Kids’ Business Ideas
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How to Build Backlinks Quick and Easy
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Learn to Re-write PLR in less than 10 minutes
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SEO for eBay sellers – Part One
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Aweber Basics: Getting Acquainted With Your Autoresponder
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iThrive Membership
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Virtual Event Case Study
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SMART Guide to Life Balance
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Advertise Your Product or Service Based Business at HBRD
Regular Price: $15.00/yr

Blogs de Mamis
Regular Price: $17.00
Important notice: This product is in Spanish

Reports from Premium Web Mastery – Empower yourself to Master Your Online Presence
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Twitter and Facebook icons
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40 minute telephone coaching session w/ Coach Nikki B.
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As I said before…..Amazing! With such great deals, I plan on doing a little shopping myself!

To learn more about each product or service offered, click here! You don’t want to miss out on these amazing deals, so hurry and order your products and services today! Offer ends May 20!

Lead Generation Explained

In most businesses, success means showing consistent or growing sales volume to an expanding customer base.  Lead generation refers to finding potential buyers, and is an essential activity for growth.  There are many ways to keep a steady stream of prospects available, each offering specific advantages. 

Some businesses hire companies to generate highly qualified leads.  Because these lead generation services are designed to the business owner’s specific needs, they offer a significant return on investment.  This option is often expensive, and therefore best suited to businesses with generous marketing budgets.

Purchasing lists of names to be used for telemarketing, direct mail, and internet marketing is less expensive and still somewhat qualified.  The drawback of this method is that lists become outdated very quickly, making it more effective for an email campaign than a costly direct mail program. 

Internet marketing offers a simple, immediate, and low-cost method of reaching a wide audience.  Using a website, business owners can generate their own leads by offering an opt-in newsletter subscription, give-aways, contests, and surveys.  Publishing a sign-up form on the website provides a large mailing list which owners can use to market new products or services. 

Employing a capture program on the website will provide information on every visitor to the site, providing useful demographic data which can be used to tweak product offerings and marketing strategies that will generate future leads.

Marketers who sell products or services locally often offer incentives to generate new business.  Direct sellers, for example, hold product parties hosted by their customers, who in turn receive rewards based on sales volume.  During the party, the seller will gather names of guests who wish to host a party in the future, thus ensuring ongoing business prospects.

Another simple practice employed by sales professionals is simply to ask their satisfied customers for referrals.  Being referred by a prospect’s friend or colleague gives the business owner more credibility, thus making the first contact more likely to be amenable.

Qualified leads are those that meet specific criteria.  For example, women are a better-qualified market than men if a business is selling baby products, while people in sunny locales are more likely to buy sunscreen than residents of rain-prone areas.  While maintaining a large pool of leads is important, the quality of those leads must also be considered.  The more qualified a lead, the more likely it is to generate a sale. 

Market research is essential.  Business owners who know their market will profit most in the lead generation efforts.  By knowing as much as possible about one’s customers and employing a variety of methods to capture their interest, business owners can generate a constant supply of qualified leads, ensuring steady sales and a growing customer base.

How to Market My New Business – First Places to Start

Starting a business is an exciting time. Marketing a new business often gets pushed to the bottom of the to-do list when there is so much to accomplish.  However, to really get your new business up and running, move marketing to the top of your task list and watch business start pouring in.

Marketing your new business task list:

#1  Get listed.  This is an easy step, get your business website listed on the search engines like Google, Yahoo, and MSN.  Once you’re listed then you can go about increasing your search engine ranking. To get listed, you can submit via your website host if they offer submission services. If not, simply visit each search engine and manually submit your URL.

#2  Create content.  Content is one of the best marketing tools if not the best marketing tool available to a business owner.  Articles can be written and published on your website which in turn will drive traffic to your website as people search for information on your industry topic.   Additionally, articles can be published on article directories which will drive traffic to your website in a number of ways.

#3  Become a social butterfly.  Connecting with other business owners, people in your industry and prospects is a great way to marketing your new business.  Social networking, meeting with others on forums, membership sites, chat rooms, social networking sites like LinkedIn, and even in blogs, is a great way to build relationships and credibility in your industry.  Social networking is a great marketing tool because it isn’t about “Selling” but rather it’s about relationship building.  For those who are uncomfortable cold calling, and who isn’t, social networking is a valuable marketing tool.

Once you develop relationships, joint venture partnerships often develop which lead to more marketing opportunities and more customers.

#4   Connect locally.  Local networking is a great idea too.  Local small business associations, chamber of commerce and community education offer excellent opportunities to market your business.  Additionally, business owners can post brochures and flyers with some local brick and mortar establishments to connect with local prospects.

#5  Start a lead generation campaign.  Lead generation campaigns, building your subscriber list or opt in list, is the number one best way to get the word out about your business.  The approach is a little different because you’re not promoting your business when you implement a lead generation campaign but rather you’re promoting what ever it is you’re giving away to encourage subscribers to sign up.  For example, many business owners give away a free report or e-book.  This is what you promote with your lead generation campaign therefore it is important to come up with a lead generation product which offers benefit to your prospects and has an appealing headline or title. 

Marketing your business is an ongoing process and the sooner you get started the better your results.  As your business grows your marketing strategy will evolve however the most important thing you can do is start.

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