My Online Business Adventure

Just a very quick blog today - just to keep my hand in!  There just seem to have been so many things happening recently I can hardly get a few hours to work on my home business.  I am also currently setting up a new life coaching website (I will be telling you all about that when it’s live) with Joomla, which I’ve never used before, so I’m on a bit of a learning curve!

Today is my monthly review day, which I always have at the end of each month so I can keep an eye on what’s working, what isn’t, set some goals for the coming month and re-organise my timetable.

This is a very good idea if you run any kind of home business, because it’s just too easy to carry on doing the same old things when you’re working alone without asking yourself the right questions.

Having a regular review is a bit like having a regular meeting when you work for a company.  It’s necessary to make sure you’re on the right track and to find out whether there’s anything else to be put into the mix.  When you work on your own, there’s no-one to meet with, so the tendency is not to do it!

So my review day is a bit like having a meeting with myself (no - I’m not mad… not yet, anyway :)) - and in doing this I find that I always start the new month feeling excited, positive and enthusiastic.

If you have your own home business, I would add it to your diary as an essential appointment with yourself!

Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

Career and Life Success Coaching

I have a confession to make.  Last week I got distracted from work, and I ended up spending more time leaping up and down on the sofa than in sitting in front of my computer screen.  Still, it’s something that only happens every four years, so I do think I can be let off the hook for this one!  I also learned a lot about the way sport helps to inspire and create positive feeling, and this led me to think how you can use the tactics of an Olympic winner in your home business.

Here in Great Britain we have been truly inspired by “Team GB” and our most successful Olympics for one hundred years.  It has generated a new national pride and a surge of interest in our forthcoming hosting of the event in four years’ time.

One comment that really stood out for me (it was either Lord Coe or Jonathan Edwards - I really can’t remember) was something like this:  When young people train for a sport, they learn discpline and self-belief, and even if they do not succeed in that sport, it will help them to get ahead in any other area of life.

The kind of training you get in a sport is like a kind of physical life coaching.  I must admit, this thought has only really just occurred to me.  Although I’ve always loved big sporting events like the Olympics and Wimbledon, I’ve never really rated the importance of sport in terms of individual or national self belief.  This year’s Olympics has brought this home to me.

So, how can you use the spirit of the Olympics to help you in your home business or other areas where you want to succeed?  Here are just a few of my own ideas about Olympian ideals that can move you towards Gold!

• Do the work.  In a press conference, Michael Phelps talked about what his coach would say to him on days when he didn’t feel like training: Every day that you work is “money in the bank”.  You keep putting money in the bank every day, and you can draw it out when you need it.  Well, he certainly was able to draw out 8 Olympic Gold medals after all his hard work.  The message for us is: Do whatever you need to do to make your business a success, and do it every day, and in time you will be able to reap the rewards.
• Stay focused.  Watch any athlete, gymnast, diver or other individual sportsman as they prepare, and you will see how focused they are on what they are about to do.  They have an ability to shut out the roar of the crowd, to dispel negative thoughts and ignore what may be going on around them and to concentrate on their action.  The message for us is:  Concentrate on the things that will work for you and don’t allow your personal life, constant messages and the “noise” of a crowded email inbox to tempt you from the path you are following.
• Believe In Yourself.  No successful sportsperson ever begins a game or race with the expectation of losing.  No matter what the odds are, you have to believe that you can win gold.  Self belief is part of their training.  The message for us:  Get trained in self belief because without it you don’t stand a chance.
• Visualise.  So many times I have heard gold medallists, when interviewed, say that they have visualised over and over again winning gold, or being up on that podium.  The message for us:  Visualisation helps to keep us focused and opens doors to opportunities.  It gets us out of bed every morning because we are inspired to take action to make that visualisation come true.  Think big, dream big and make it happen.
• Be prepared to go beyond what is comfortable.  Watch sprinters, distance runners, rowers or other strongly physical sports competitors as they strive to get to that finishing line and you will see them putting themselves beyond their pain barriers, beyond what seems possible and to break world records over and over again in their efforts to be the best.  The message for us:  Take yourself out of your comfort zone as much as possible.  Success does not come through staying within the familiar or playing safe.  Strive to go beyond what you think you are capable of.

Go for gold in your home business by taking inspiration from Olympic winners.

Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

Career and Life Success Coaching

PS.  Learn more about self belief and motivation by signing up with Success University.

Are you a Pluginprofit (or PIPS) member?  Or are you considering becoming one?  Do you just want to learn the secrets of affiliate marketing?

If so, I have a real treat for you.

The very generous mentors who run the PIPS PowerGroup have put together a free ebook to help all PIPS members build their business.

Each of the six mentors have contributed to the book, giving their own personal success story, the mistakes they’ve made, the resources they’ve used, and how they have become highly successful affiliate marketers with PIPS.  This book is packed with tips and guidelines on building your affiliate marketing business, whether you are a PIPS member or not.

You know they saying: If you want to be successful, then follow someone who already is - well this has been made easy for anyone who wants success in their PIPS business - or any other affiliate marketing business.

What’s more, you can re-brand this book and give it away free and build your downline as well!  This means that if you joined PIPS today (if you’re not already a member), read this ebook, AND gave it away, you would give yourself the best chance of getting your business off to a flying start.

To download the ebook for free just click on the link below:

DOWNLOAD THE PIPS POWER BOOK HERE!

To Join the PlugInProfit Site, click here.

Learning the secrets of affiliate marketing has never been easier!

Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

Career and Life Success Coaching

Being a leader is maybe not something you have thought about when you work at home alone.  Surely, being a leader is only something you need to do if you have employees!  However, if you think that learning how to be an effective leader is something only other people need to worry about, think again.  Whatever your goals are, achieving success is all about leadership and personal growth, and if you choose to ignore this important skill you are shooting yourself in the foot.

Read the rest of this article here

You can also learn more about leadership skill as a member of Success University below:

Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

Career and Life Success Coaching

Are you wondering whether to start affiliate marketing?  Wondering when would be the best time to start up an online business?

The answer is: “Don’t wait any longer; the time is now!”

The truth is, in the affiliate marketing industry we are just coming to the end of the slow period.  As people come home from their holidays and look at the bleak prospect of getting back to their jobs, they begin to think about alternatives to the 9-5, and towards the end of August the online marketing industry really starts to pick up.

So if you’ve been hesitating and thinking about it, but have not got started yet, don’t lose out on the opportunities that will be coming soon.

Another good time for affiliate marketing is the New Year, when people review their lives and look for something new to start.  But why wait until then?  If you begin now and learn as much as you can before January, you could find yourself really reaping the benefits by the time the New Year begins.

There really has never been a better time to start this fun and exciting business.  As the credit crunch hits, and traditional jobs become more insecure, more people are looking to start a home business than ever before.

If you start up an online business now, you could be looking at earning a full time income within two years.

After that, the sky is your limit.

For opportunities, see my website below.

Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

When I was a lecturer, I occasionally designed courses in personal development subject areas, and then later when I became a life coach I sometimes wrote training materials.  A site I have always found very useful is Mindtools.  In recent years, this website has developed even further, and is now a marvellous resource of you are looking for career change training or need to develop your management skills.

As well as free articles, a free newsletter and other free resources, Mindtools offers some very exciting Self Study Courses including the following subjects:

• How To Lead: Discover the Leader Within You
• Design Your Life
• Personal Development Plan Workbook
• Career Booster Workbook
• Life Plan Workbook
• Get It Done!

If you’re worried whether these courses are effective, Mindtools offers a full money-back guarantee for 365 days after purchase!

Mindtools also offer a career coaching service here

I heartily recommend the Mindtools website if you need some career change training or development.

Of course, I also offer a full career coaching service at my website here .

Ros Bott

Career and Life Success Coaching

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

I was just sitting at my desk, looking out of my window at our very gloomy, wet, English weather, and I came up with my blog post for today: Stuff To Do On A Rainy Day!

If you don’t have to go to a job, then being at home can look a bit dull on a day like today.  These are my list of great things to do on a rainy day:

• While it’s on, don’t miss the Olympics - there is nothing so cheering on a grey day as seeing your countryman win a medal!  I find it inspirational.  And even when we are disappointed in our hopes, there are so many amazing personal achievements and breakthroughs going on across the whole Olympiad, you can’t help but be cheered by the smiling faces of those who do win!
• Clear some clutter - if you’re stuck indoors, it’s a great idea to clear out a few cupboards and throw away stuff that you don’t use, don’t like, or is broken.  You might even find you can make a bit of money by selling your stuff on Ebay!  You will find that clearing out clutter has an amazing effect on the way you feel.  Every time you see that cleared cupboard, room or desk, you will feel less cluttered in your head as well, and ideas may come to you that you couldn’t think of before.
• Read a book - reading exercises the brain and can be extremely uplifting, depending on the subject matter of course.  Why not use the time to get round to some of those self help books you’ve wanted to for so long?  Get some ideas from the following: Inspirational Books
• Do Some Surveys and Get Paid!  Filling in surveys can be a great way of earning a little extra money.  While you won’t get rich, it can certainly be a welcome addition to your income.  Go to this page of my website for a few ideas: www.wealth-city.com/paid-surveys.html
• Start a home business!  OK, this might not suit everyone, but if you’re feeling fed up with your present situation and want to start something new that you could really get your teeth into, you could be earning a full time income within two years.  My website will give you plenty of ideas, and you’ll get a free motivational newsletter for joining as my affiliate too: www.wealth-city.com. If you’re not quite ready to do this, then why not sign up to my free home business newsletter and think about it for a while? You’ll find the sign-up link on the left of my website.

It doesn’t really matter what the weather is doing, you can always find things to do that are exciting, inspirational and self-motivating.

Whatever you find to do on a rainy day, don’t forget to have fun!

Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

Career and Life Success Coaching

If you have an online business, you will know that your most important goal is to get traffic to your website.  After all, without traffic, there are no sales!  So, finding any way of getting targetted web traffic for free is always worth looking at.

The new site, TrafficVibe builds on the way traffic exchanges work in a slightly different way.  When you join, you  will be able to post your own banners, text ads and send solo ads as long as you agree to read other ads and read email ads (though you can opt out of this one if you want to).  When you read other ads you build up points which you use to “pay” for your own advertising.

Of course, the other people using this site are internet marketers - but this means that you can advertising products and services that would be useful to other website owners.

The site also has an affiliate program, so you can build up commissions by referring other people to the site and you get paid when they upgrade or make purchases.

There is plenty of support, a forum, useful tools and links and lots of different ways of earning points.

To visit this site and find out more, click here to join TrafficVibe for free.

Web traffic for free is always a good deal!

Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

It’s a cloudy Monday morning here in the UK, and I often remind myself on days like this that five years ago I was joining commuters on the 30 minute morning drive to work, trying to wake myself up to face the day ahead, while the weekend faded away into oblivion.

These days my commute is somewhat shorter: from my bedroom to the spare room where I have my office.  I can gently ease myself into Monday morning, and while I don’t sit at my computer in my pyjamas, I certainly don’t have to wear a smart suit and have perfect hair!

I became self employed just over four years ago, and despite set backs, some financial, I have not regretted it for one second.  In the last year I discovered affiliate marketing and am happily building my business and looking forward to financial freedom in the not too distant future.

Today I have the Olympics running on one half of my computer while I’m typing, and I have an old school friend coming round for lunch.

Don’t be fooled, though.  Working for yourself at home is hard work and discipline is needed to keep up the momentum.  But I can honestly say I find it easier to get out of bed these mornings than I did five years ago!  And if I need to catch up I can work in the evening, or get up an extra half hour earlier if necessary.

Working at home gives you flexibility and freedom.  In these days of recession and work insecurity, it is certainly worth looking at self employment as an option.  There are many choices available for the home worker - and you don’t have to put up a lot of money either.

If you’re fed up with Monday morning, why not contemplate a home business?  It’s definitely one way of improving your Monday!

Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

Career and Life Success Coaching

If you’re unsure about whether to join Success University, then you need to read the information below.  If you’ve never heard of Success University, but you’re looking for online personal development classes, you really must read this!

I was recently reading the monthly newsletter that SU sends its members through the post every month.  I happened to look at the back page and I was so inspired it made me want to sign up all over again!  So please forgive me for copying in full the back page of this newsletter - giving you all you need to know about Success University:

Company Overview

Success University became the #1 most popular personal development website on the Internet in its first year in business.  Now, in just three years, over 70,000 students from 175+ countries around the world have enrolled.

Success University has been developed with one thing in mind… to raise the level of human potential around the world.

Success University brings you the most advanced online courses on SUCCESS ever assembled.  As a student, you will discover the secret attitudes, techniques, methods and strategies that, when applied, will skyrocket your success in virtually every area of your life.  For less than a cup of coffee a day, you will be able to make a profound shift in your relationships, your finances, your health and physical well being, sales and marketing skills, and much more.

You will learn from over 50 of the most amazing minds on the planet including Zig Ziglar, Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Les Brown, Cynthia Kersey, Denis Waitley and many more who collectively have helped millions of people achieve astounding levels of success.

Our Mission

To deliver success education to more people than any other company in the world.

Our Values

Integrity - We do what we say

Learning - We believe that the key to success is the power of applied knowledge

Leadership - We are committed to inspiring, empowering and influencing the world to achieve its highest potential.

Customer Value -  We create lifetime customers by going above and beyond to give the absolute highest value of education possible.

Recognition  - We appreciate outstanding individuals by rewarding those who further their growth and success and the growth and success of others.

Passion - We are committed to living life to its fullest.

Attitude - We remain positive, upbeat and always optimistic.

Dedication - We fight for what is right and never give up on our dreams.

Creativity - We always find a way to succeed… To improvise, adapt and overcome

Achievement - We aspire to the highest level of excellence in all areas.

Our Vision:

With over one million students worldwide, Success University will be the most dominant company in the personal development industry.  Through our values and mission, we will make a positive shift in the world.

So, if you want top class online personal development classes and videos, monthly dvds and cds, and/or a powerful money-making opportunity, you can sign up here.  For a 14 day free trial, click here.

Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

Career and Life Success Coaching