My Online Business Adventure

What kind of steps are you taking towards finding financial freedom?  Slow steps, careful steps, stumbling steps, quick steps?  Foxtrot?  The truth is, if you have started to take your first steps to financial freedom, you need to be sure of where and how you are placing your feet.

 When people first start thinking of how much money they could make running a home based business, many of them do not stop to think about the steps they need to consider, but reach out and try to make a huge leap without looking at what they are doing.  Most of these people will either fall flat on their face when they trip over the first obstacle, or fall down the gaping hole that they did not see beneath them.

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Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

Professional Coaching for Your Change of Career

In these difficult financial times, many people might be scared of losing their jobs, or already be in line for being made redundant.

This is no joke for anyone, especially if you liked your job, or if you are reliant on a particular level of salary.

Change, when it is not your choice, can feel very difficult.  However, while we may not always have a choice in what happens to us, we can choose how we respond.

After you have got over the initial shock (It’s happened to me in the past, so I do know how it feels!), you can begin to see what your options are, and whether there is something positive to be got out of the situation.

Usually there is.  Many people choose to see this event as an opportunity to do something different; perhaps to start up that business or open the restaurant that they’ve always wanted to, or to write a book.

These are all great ideas, but for many people, lack of capital is a stumbling block here and they may feel that none of these possibilities are options for them.

All the same, there are opportunities for starting a business without a large initial outlay, where you can set up a home based business and start marketing online without huge start-up costs or heavy advertising costs.  Starting an online business is a good idea for many who would like to be financially free and who have some time to work at home.

Now, I’m not going to pull the wool over your eyes.  I am not suggesting that you can start an online business and wake up the next morning with a full time income!  It can take two to three years before you start seeing a seriously good profit.  If you need money now, you may still need to find some kind of job - but starting an online business now, while you have a bit of time on your hands, or while you feel your job is insecure could be a very wise investment in your future.  You can see a few of the opportunities available at my website here.

If an online business is not for you, but you feel you want to take the opportunity to do something more meaningful, then employing a career coach could be of benefit.  I have helped many people choose a career that excites them and also helped build their confidence to follow their dreams.  My coaching website will give you all the details here.

Being made redundant is always a challenge - but with a positive mindset and with support, you can turn it into an opportunity for the better.

Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online

Professional Coaching for Your Change of Career

This weekend I had a marvellous Skype call with an affiliate marketing expert in Central America (isn’t Skype wonderful?  Here I am, in a little village in Warwickshire, talking to someone in Chicago, just like he was sitting across the desk from me - all for free!)

Anyway - I digress.

Let me explain.  I am a member of the PIPS Power Group, which is a support service for anyone who is a member of the Plug-In-Profit Site (PIPS).  It’s run by six highly successful PIPS members, who generously give their time to help us mere mortals achieve financial freedom with our businesses and give us lots of affiliate marketing advice.

Because I am short of time lately (building my life coaching business and training to present coaching programs in schools), I was worried about how to market my home business effectively with only a couple of hours to spare.

So I decided to take advantage of the free half hour consultation that is given by some of the mentors, and I spent a very nice 45 minutes talking to Jeff Casmer, who gave me some very positive and focused advice:  to focus my time on article writing and blogging, as these are the most effective ways of increasing backlinks and building traffic.

Now, you might think I could have got this advice anywhere - but the point is that sometimes we need to have specific, one-to-one mentoring, otherwise we can get swamped by the opinions of different people and end up in square one.  Jeff also gave me some detailed instructions on the most effective use of keywords for my articles.

I now feel focused and re-enthused.  I know what I need to do each day and each week, and that I will be making the best use of my time.

The point I am trying to make, is that anyone who is working on an online home based business really should have a mentor and some kind of support.  Where are you going to find yours?

If you happen to have a sponsor who is very successful, you could use them if they are willing to help.  Otherwise, you can search the forums for experienced affiliate marketers and ask if they would be prepared to mentor you.

Of course, if you are a member of PIPS, then you can join the PIPSPowerGroup and get the best mentoring on the web (in my opinion!).

Finding affiliate marketing advice doesn’t have to be difficult.   There are plenty of people who are very happy to help you achieve what they have already achieved.  After all, that’s what this business is all about: helping others to achieve success.

An increasing number of people are finding the idea of working from the comfort of their own home an appealing one.  Because of this, the online home-based business industry is growing rapidly, and there are many opportunities available for those who look.  These opportunities can be extremely lucrative, but before you get started you need to make sure that it’s going to work for you.

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Ros Bott

Achieve Financial Freedom Online