Sample Content Preview 2. GoToWebinar https://www.gotomeeting.com/webinar For running a webinar, GoToWebinar is a great tool that offers everything you need. You can also try using Google Hangouts, or alternatively Periscope/Blab. 3. UpWork www.upwork.com This is a great site for outsourcing and will let you hire freelancers to help you with editing, with design etc. Outsourcing is a great way to make your products look more professional and can save you a lot of time. Other options are Elance, Freelancer, PeoplePerHour and Fiverr. 4. WishList Member https://member.wishlistproducts.com/ Run your own membership site and start charging recurring membership fees. WishList Member runs on your existing Wordpress site. 5. How To Gather 100,000 Emails https://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/07/21/harrys-prelaunchr-email/ This is a post from FourHourWorkweek that details how to acquire lots of new subscribers for a mailing list. When you’re building a high ticket business, you definitely need to attract leads and prospects. 6. AWeber https://aweber.com AWeber is an email autoresponder service allowing you to build an email list so that you can send broadcasts or follow-ups to your subscribers. An autoresponder is a must-have tool if you’re serious about running your online business.

Sample Content Preview The Power of Controlling Your Thoughts and Emotions The first step to gaining control of your emotions then is to use mindfulness – to simply be more aware of your thoughts at any given time. When you’re wondering through that beautiful scenery, you need to be able to open your eyes and make the conscious decision that you’re going to forget work and instead look at the flowers and the plants, that you’re going to laugh with your friends and that you’re going to be mindful of the feeling of the sun on your face and just how lucky you are to be alive on such a glorious day. This alone is enough to completely transform your experience of being there. You’ll have more fun, you’ll be more refreshed and the people you are with are going to have a better time being with you. They’re going to want to be with you more often! Now imagine if you could decide to engage full motivation whenever you wanted to. Take a look at the most successful people in the world and you will find that they all have one thing in common: drive and determination. Will Smith says the secret to success is simply being willing to run longer than anyone else on the treadmill of life. Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson regularly updates his Instagram followers with photos of his phone alarm going off at 4am in the morning, ready for a workout. And Arnold Schwarzenegger said he always kept in mind his goal of being a successful bodybuilder. These people never have a day where they get out of bed and they can’t be bothered. You can practically feel the motivation and the energy coming off of them and in fact it’s even magnetic. Imagine what you could tap in if you were like that. You could be you but in better shape, with more money and with more exciting life experiences… We can do that with mindfulness but first let’s look at how the brain actually works to regulate our emotions and thoughts in this way… A Quick Guide to Basic Neuroscience When you feel too tired to work, what’s happening? When you feel filled with energy and enthusiasm, why is that? And why are you sometimes stressed and alert and transfixed on what’s happening? It all comes down to one simple thing: chemistry. More specifically, it comes down to neurochemistry and the fact that your brain releases different chemicals at different times. Your brain is made up of billions of neurons. These are brain cells, which look very much like other cells in the body save for their large tendrils which allow them to connect to one another. Each of these cells encodes a memory or an experience. If you were to trigger one of those cells with an electrode (which some psychologists actually do in studies) then you might see a ‘pixel’ light up in your vision or you might start relieving a certain memory. When one neuron fires, it releases energy down its tendrils and this then jumps across to other neurons. It’s very rare for any brain cell to fire on its own without it causing others around it to fire as well. This is called an ‘action potential’ and more specifically, this involves a small current running down the ‘axon’ (tail) and then reaching the end where it will split off into little roots (called terminals). Reaching out to those terminals are the dendrites of other neurons but they don’t quite touch; there’s a small gap called the ‘synaptic terminal’ across which the current has to jump in order for the other neuron to be stimulated. With enough stimulation, that other neuron will also fire. But at the ends of the synapses are ‘neuro vessicles’ which are tiny sacs containing neurotransmitters. And when those neurotransmitters get released, they connect to the surrounding neurons via ‘receptors’ and color our experience. Neurotransmitters can make neurons more likely to fire (these are known as ‘excitatory neurotransmitters’), they can make new connections more likely to form (creating new memories) or they can make us feel happier or sadder (affecting how we feel the next time those neurons fire too). Neurotransmitters can also enter the brain in other ways. For example, our diet can affect our neurotransmitters: eating sugar for instance increases the amount of tryptophan that gets to the brain and our brain uses this tryptophan in order to create serotonin – the feel good hormone! That’s why we’re in such a good mood after we’ve eaten. Serotonin eventually converts to melatonin though – the sleep hormone – and this makes us ready for bed (hence why everyone falls asleep after Christmas dinner). When serotonin gets low, this causes the release of more cortisol in our brains – the ‘stress’ hormone. That makes us anxious and jittery. It also increases ghrelin, which makes us hungry!

Table of Contents Introduction .......... 3 3 Things All Affiliate Marketers Need To Survive Online ....... 6 Top 3 Ways To Boost Your Affiliate Commissions Overnight ................... 8 Which Affiliate Networks To Look Out For When Promoting ................... 12 So Many Affiliate Programs! Which One Do I Choose? ...... 16 Here's How To Avoid The 3 Most Common Affiliate Mistakes ............... 19 Mistake number 1: Choosing the wrong affiliate. ............... 19 Mistake number 2: Joining too many affiliate programs. 20 Mistake number 3: Not buying the product or using the service. ...... 20 Using Product Recommendations To Increase Your Bottom Line ....... 21 Easy Profits Using PPC In Your Affiliate Marketing Business ................ 25 Using Camtasia Can Increase Your Affiliate Checks ............ 28 How To Become A Super Affiliate In Niche Markets ............. 31 Sample Content Preview The affiliate marketer remembered that there are questions to answer from the visitors. This has to be done quickly. Nothing can turn off a customer than an unanswered email. To prove that the affiliate is working effectively and efficiently, inquiries would have to be paid more attention on. Nobody wants to be ignored and customers are not always the most patient of all people. Quick answer that should appear professional yet friendly too. In the process of doing all the necessities, the marketer is logged on to a chat room where he or she interacts with other affiliates and those under that same program. This is where they can discuss things on how to best promote their products. There are things to be learned and it is a continuous process. Sharing tips and advices is a good way of showing support. There may be others out there wanting to join and may be enticed by the discussion that is going on. There is no harm in assuming what opportunities ahead. The newsletters and ezines were updated days ago, so it is time for the affiliate marketer to see if there are some new things happening in the market. This will be written about in the marketer’s publication to be distributed to the old and new customers. These same publications are also an important tool in keeping up to date with the newly introduced products. The marketer has put up a sale and promotion that customers may want to know about. Besides, they have to keep up with the deadline of these sales written in the publications. Presented by NetActivated.com It is that time to show some appreciation to those who have helped the marketer in the promotions and sale increase. Nothing like mentioning the persons, their sites and the process they have done that made everything worked. Of course, this will be published in the newsletters. Among the more important information that have been written already. The marketer still has time to write out recommendations to those who want credible sources for the products being promoted. There is also time to post some comments on how to be a successful affiliate marketer on a site where there are lots of wannabees. Two objectives done at the same time. The marketer gets to promote the product as well as the program they are in. Who knows, someone may be inclined to join. Time flies. Missed lunch but is quite contented with the tasks done. Bed time…. Ok, so this may not be all done in a day. But then, this gives you an idea of how an affiliate marketer, a dedicated one that is, spends the marketing day. Is that success looming in the distance or what? Presented by NetActivated.com 3 Things All Affiliate Marketers Need To Survive Online Every affiliate marketer is always looking for the successful market that gives the biggest paycheck. Sometimes they think it is a magic formula that is readily available for them. Actually, it is more complicated than that. It is just good marketing practices that have been proven over years of hard work and dedication. There are tactics that have worked before with online marketing and is continuing to work in the online affiliate marketing world of today. With these top three marketing tips, you will be able to able to increase your sales and survive in the affiliate marketing online. What are these three tactics? 1. Using unique web pages to promote each separate product you are marketing. Do not lump all of it together just to save some money on web hosting. It is best to have a site focusing on each and every product and nothing more. Always include product reviews on the website so visitors will have an initial understanding on what the product can do to those who buys them. Also include testimonials from users who have already tried the product.

Table of Contents 4 Introduction 5 How to Cope with a Cash Crisis 5 Learning to Cope with a Money Emergency 7 Increase your Cash Flow without Going Further into Debt 9 Start to Build your Emergency Fund 10 Say Good-bye to Credit Cards 11 Painless Ways to Find Money in an Emergency 13 Every Day Ways to Save Money in an Emergency 17 More Creative Ways to Save Money 20 Thrifty Ways to Save Money 24 Even You can Save on a Shoestring 24 Are You Ready to Start a Good Savings Plan? 27 Smart Tips for Living on a Budget 30 Tips to Help you Save 31 7 Serious Ways to Help you Save 32 More Serious Savings Strategies 34 Make Small Cuts for Huge Savings 37 Emergency Money Strategy while Dealing with Debt, Financial Stress & Family 38 Quick Cash Fixes 39 A Few Timely Lessons in Simple Living 41 How to Save Money on Gas 43 Simpler Solutions for Managing your Money 48 Bring Both Calm AND Savings into your Life 48 Slash your Electric Bill in 6 Easy Steps 50 Good Ways to Find FREE Money 53 Can you Survive/EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Sample Content Preview Wherever there are money woes, you can be sure to find crippling emotional setback. Avoid it all you try, you might just as well begin to prepare for the devastating fiscal and the emotional fallout that is sure to come. You will need to cope very well with both if you hope to make a solid financial comeback. Whenever a money emergency hits, it will be your ability to deal with the individual pitfalls that will hold you in good stead. It is when a series of financial hits come your way that the stress will tend to accumulate and make your life much more difficult to cope. You will not be so overwhelmed when you can calmly and rationally look at each individual problem as it arises. If you sit back wringing your hands with worry and allow all of your emergencies to pile into one; you will find yourself down for the count. Calm must take center stage. You must NEVER allow yourself the luxury of panic. There is no one there for you to just take over. You are all you have. The more you panic, the less effective you will be. You need to keep a very clear head to be able to sit down and come up with an appropriate plan. Be aware of your own tendency to sabotage your plans further. It is only when you are at your most calm that you will be prepared to get to where you need to be and then overcome. Being Calm is the First Key to Managing a Money Emergency At even the first hint of a money emergency, it’s important not to act right away. If you do you will inevitably make a mistake! First, before you can manage your finances again, you have to first manage your emotions. You absolutely must regain your balance before you can even begin to make a plan. If your money emergency demands that you act quickly, think first about seeking the advice of a debt counselor, money coach or financial planner. Whenever possible think about seeking out the aid of a financially perceptive friend or family member who can help you to come to a clearer perspective. Remember the old adage that ―two heads are always better than just one!‖ You won’t need to make a major cash investment if you’re strapped. Look for a planner who will give you a one-hour consultation for $150. Often times this will be all you will need to securely turn the corner. Time to Crunch some Numbers The first step toward establishing financial stability is to step back, take a deep breath and assess the damage. Possibly one of the bigger mistakes people make when they’re in a financial crisis is not being prepared to make a clear assessment of where they’re at. You can easily become overwhelmed. However, totaling up the damage serves two important purposes. First, you need to know exactly how much you owe, how much money you have in hand and what it will take to cover the distance between the two. Second, you will want to avoid any other mishaps, such as penalties, further repairs, missed deadlines, etc. If you are not properly prepared, you must become prepared on the spot. Any type of money crisis will catch you unaware and you will feel cornered. Wouldn’t it be ideal to be ready and waiting for the crisis? How likely is this to happen to you, though? Most people will be at least somewhat prepared. If the crisis is not too dire, they will be able to handle it ok. Some will be sunk from the get go. The idea is to not be overwhelmed and to have a good plan of action, no matter how little or how a lot. You need to be entirely prepared to deal with any sized setback. Ideally, those unexpected expenses could be covered by the funds in the Irregular Expenses account in any good budget. Unfortunately, though, there is always a common problem. You might well have an emergency stash—but it’s most often depleted. This same problem affects the majority of us so take heart. At about this time many people make the mistake of turning to plastic for relief. Resist this one. You will only be transferring your problems from one pocket to the other. On the other hand, if you are sure you can handle using credit cards to deal with a cash emergency, you had better be sure you could pay them off when the time comes. Otherwise, why add yet another debt and another problem. Eventually, it will all catch up with you. If you’re truly running while on your last leg, consider taking out a home equity line of credit. This will work for some. The interest is tax deductible, but those aren’t fixed rates. Be smart about this remedy, though. Unless you plan to pay back the amount you borrowed promptly, it can end up costing you more than you thought—especially if you’ve already depleted your own equity. The Idea is to Make a Smart Decision and not a Rash one Think well before borrowing from your 401(k) or IRA. There are loopholes that allow you to do so, but there are also hidden costs—never mind potential taxes, penalties and other consequences. Keep in mind that if you were to lose your job, you’d have to repay the loan immediately, or be taxed as though it was a withdrawal. This remedy could be very costly in the long run.

Sample Content Preview Where To Sell The first thing you need to do is have a place to sell your products from. It doesn't matter what you're selling, but it does matter where you sell it from. Let me explain. When you plan to run an online business, treat it like one! You'll make much more money this way, believe me. Sure, you'll have some out of pocket expenses, but that's part of doing business. I cannot stress enough the importance of having your very own domain name and web site space. There's a big difference between a department store and a yard sale. Think of your business as a specialized department store, and give it a place to "stand". If you try and do every single thing for free, you're business will suffer for it in the long run. You need complete control over your business. After all, you are the boss and not just the manager. That's why you need to steer clear of free web hosting sites. Yeah, they give you your own sub-domain and a limited amount of space, but more importantly, these hosts hinder your earning ability with permanent banner ad placement and file upload limitations. Keeping everything as simple as possible will benefit you in the end and make your job a lot easier. Don't waste your time or energy. It's not worth it. So, do yourself a big favor and pay for good web hosting. Let me add this, many web hosts are steering away from allowing certain files to be hosted on their servers. This includes .zip, .mp3, .exe, and in some cases .pdf files. Not good for an information business. Most of these web hosts who ban these types of files are offering "shared" hosting. Shared hosting is simply multiple web sites that share the same server. While this isn't a bad system, it still limits what you can do. But, if you are comfortable with that and have found a shared hosting plan that fits your specific needs with a good price, then go for it. But be sure to check their terms of service before you finalize your choice and pay. Before you set up with a specific web host, you need a domain name. That is an easy enough task. Where you purchase your domain name is just as important as where you purchase your web space hosting. A good company to go with for domain name purchasing is GoDaddy. They've been around for a while and they have top notch customer service. Plus, their prices are affordable. When selecting the right domain name it's a good idea for you to add at least one descriptive word pertaining to your online business. Say for instance you want to sell soccer equipment, you might choose www.waytogoalsoccer.com, or www.soccersupplier.com, or www.yoursoccersupplies.net, www.justsoccer.com, etc. The reason for adding "keyword" in your domain is that when people use search engines your site will come up more frequently. And that means more traffic, which means more sales. Plain and simple. It doesn't matter where you buy your domain name, just that you buy one. Now, if you're just beginning and don't really have the funds to purchase a domain name and website space, there is another way to begin if you are wishing to sell information products that can be automatically delivered by way of downloading. There is a site that does something quite unique. I know I said earlier that using a sub-domain isn't a good idea for serious online business. But, using a system like TradeBit is the exception to this. And the reason is quite simple. First of all, you can get a free 20 MB account, a sub-domain, web based FTP file uploading, built in shopping cart, your own affiliate program, and integrated PayPal/eBay selling plus automated product delivery. This will cut down your work load substantially. Beyond that, they have extensive tutorials in both text and flash that help you "learn the ropes" when using their system. Besides this, you can always use the redirect function when you purchase your domain name and have a small web hosting space. You won't need a whole bunch of space if you use TradeBit to host your product files. And they allow you to host all the files that shared hosting companies do not. Such as .mp3, .exe, .zip, images and the like. Understand that any files you host you must have the right to sell them. But if you are a reseller, then this is not a problem. There is really no good reason why purchasing a domain name and web space should cost you more than $30 realistically. And, if you need more file hosting space, TradeBit offers affordable solutions for this as well that you can upgrade to at any time. All in all, setting up your own online business should cost you no more than $100. A few more things you will need before you begin are a merchant account, an eBay account if you are interested in selling there, an HTML editor for making changes to pre-designed sales kits or for creating a sales page, and an image editor for creating graphics for your sales pages and products. There are several different places that you can pick up your own merchant account. PayPal being my top choice due to the fact that it's free. Plus, this is the payment system that TradeBit uses although they are working on adding other systems at the time of this writing. Now, for those that cannot get a PayPal account because of restrictions, you can always get a free merchant account from StormPay. It's basically the same system setup as PayPal. But, you can sign up for a free merchant account on a new system called PayDotCom. They offer PayPal and StormPay integration among others within their system, so it's a good choice. Again, opening a merchant account with PayDotCom is free.

Table of Contents Family Budgets: A Brief Introduction 3 - Why an e-book or how-to guide on setting up a family budget? - Why would or do you need a family budget? - The business case for and rationale behind family budgeting - Benefits and advantages of a family budget Family Budgets Defined 12 - What is a family budget? - What constitutes a good family budget? - What should it contain and look like? The Family Budget Process 19 - How to set up a family budget? - Some practical suggestions and a step-by-step summary of a family budget process - Hints, tips, tricks and tools for setting up a family budget - How should a family budget be used? Final Thoughts On Setting Up A Family Budget 53 Sample Content Preview Here is a reality check for all of us: if we choose to spend it, it is gone for good. We cannot spend it on anything else. Are you perhaps worried about a nest egg for your golden years or savings for early retirement? Then you have arrived at a source that can provide some prudent tips on how to start, finish, implement, stick to, revise and refine a family budget. The family budget is a dynamic process, even more so than a mere static work-product, result, process-outcome or document. It will, can and should change over time. It becomes a barometer of a family‟s fiscal circumstance, resources and health. Maybe budgeting is not as much about reflecting on what you cannot have, but more about thoughts on how to stretch, invest and spend your earned dollars more wisely. In short, it is about making your money going further. This quick-reference how-to guide was developed to assist you with setting up your own personal, household and family budget, to help you with all of the above and more! A couple of general money-savings will also be provided in these pages. There are also thoughts and spending patterns that need to change, in order to become fiscally more disciplined and many techniques, attitudes, habitual behaviors that we need to un-earth, evaluate and possibly change, before you even start budgeting. For example, being a bargain hunter looking for good buys, cutting down on careless spending, being on the lookout for careless credit card spending and letting the person who handles money best in your household actually take care of it, are all good examples of what we mean. For most households, a budget is no more than a spending plan. Any spending plan can help you see where your money is going. It fits your spending to your income. It reflects how we get the things we want and need most, while being ready and prepared for bills we must pay every month. For most families it is simply about making a budget you can live with and stick to easily. It is not a difficult exercise, but one most people fear, avoid or dread because of the unknown and perceived complexity of it (sometimes wrongfully so!). Part of the goal of this guide is to demystify family budgeting and highlight an easy systematic process to setting up a quality family budget. Many things actually drive our expenditure. We choose to spend our money on things we value, need, prefer or consciously choose. For some it is clothes, for others it might be something as simple as taking that yearly vacation. Whether you are making financial decisions for yourself or your household, you might have to make some serious choices and adjustments regarding your financial freedom and situation. “How to Set up a Family Budget”, is a quick-reference, easy, how-to guide, meant to take you through the typical, who, why, when, what, where and how questions typically asked when considering fiscal planning for the household and or budgeting in general for your family need, means and circumstance, now and for the future. Budgeting is not just about restricting spending and living a cheapskate life. It is about insights, wisdom, informed decisions, action and sustained discipline when it comes to your household financials. This guide will invite you to learn more in these pages about systematic budgeting. It focuses on practical application and zooms in to apply these “best practice suggestions” in your own home. It empowers you to put together a dynamic, financial plan that suits your pocketbook, means and circumstance. Financially speaking, assess quickly where you think you and your family are today.

Sample Content Preview There are not many other things that shout “expertise, authority and credibility” than a book on your niche. Authors are perceived by most people to be experts. It doesn’t matter if they have read the books or not! The fact that the person is an author in the niche is all that matters. Now you are probably thinking that it takes a lot of work to write a book. Yes you are right it does! But you will certainly stand out in a crowded market if you have written a book because most of the other online coaches that you are competing with will not have been bothered to do this. You do not have to write the book yourself. There are professional writers out there that will do most of the work for you. This is not going to be a cheap option but if you don’t have the time or the writing skills to write your own book then use a writer to do it for you. If you outsource the writing of your book then you will need to provide a plan for the book to your writer. You will also need to tell them the style that you want the book to be written in and provide them with specific information that you want to include. It is essential that your book provides good value to your readers even if you give it away. So think clearly about what you want to include. Your target market will have a number of problems that they need to resolve so write your book around some of these. It is important that the book is valuable but you do not want to give everything away (otherwise why would they want to hire you as a coach?). Talk about how you have implemented your own ideas in your book and also how you have helped others achieve the results that they wanted. It is really important that the reader gets the sense that you can help others as this will make them much more inclined to purchase your coaching services. You do not need to write a lengthy tome. We would suggest 6 to 10 chapters that are concise and clear and have actionable elements to them. Add an introduction to your book and tell them that you are now an online coach. Mention this a number of times throughout the book and tell people how they can find you online (website, social media etc). What about publishing your book? The easiest way to do this is to go down the self publishing route. It is unlikely that you will be able to use a publishing house for your book because it will not have the potential numbers that will excite them. You don’t need them anyway as it is so easy to self publish. Save yourself a ton of money by using platforms like Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble to self publish your book. It is a good idea to create hard copies of your book as well and you can use Create Space to do this for a reasonable price. One of the most important thing you must do for your book is to create a compelling cover for it. If you are not good with Photoshop or graphic design this is not a problem as you can go to Fiverr.com or similar gig websites and find a good cover designer there. You will need to tell them what you are looking for and what platforms you are using (Kindle etc). You will be amazed at the quality of the designs that these people can create for only a few bucks. Even if you can do it yourself why spend your precious time on this? Use your time to find clients for your coaching business! Once you have your book in digital form and physical form there are a number of things that you can do. You can provide it as an incentive on your website for visitors to opt in to your email list. People are reluctant to give out their email addresses these days as they know they will receive promotional messages. Your book will be a good way to persuade them to do this. Don’t worry too much about making money with your book on Amazon Kindle for example. Price it at around $2.99 so it is low enough for people to make an impulse buying decision. You can actually give your book away for free to encourage people to leave reviews on Amazon which is an excellent idea. You could create a competition on Facebook to win a copy of your book. If you do a lot of networking then give hard copies of your book away. Make sure that you add your contact details in your book such as your phone number, your website address and your email address. Go and write your book to boost your credibility and stand out in the market! You cannot launch a successful online coaching business without a professional website. If someone tells you that you can do this they are wrong. Another thing that you must never do is to use a free website service such as Weebly.com or a free blogging platform such as Blogger.com. This screams cheap! It will only cost you around $10 a year to have your own domain name such as TheDigitalMarketingCoach.com or JohnSmithCoaching.com. Choose a domain name that reflects your coaching business. It is OK to use your name but remember that not many people will know who you are at the beginning. Once you have chosen your domain name you will need a web hosting account. If you don’t know what this is it is where your website files are stored and is the way that you make your site live on the Internet and available to all. There are thousands of web hosting companies out there that will host your website for a few bucks a month. It is unlikely that you are going to get hordes of visitor traffic to your website especially when you are just starting out. So you can go for an affordable shared hosting service from BlueHost.com or HostGator.com. There are many reviews online about web hosting companies that you can read. You must choose a web host that offers one click WordPress installations. WordPress is a free blogging platform that is ideal for your website. You can easily customize it without having to know any web code. It is very simple to add your content to the WordPress platform as well. Once you have your domain name, web hosting and you have installed WordPress (this is easy and there are many tutorials available on YouTube) you will need to choose an appropriate them for your website. A WordPress them is the design of your site. How it looks and feels. There are lots of free WordPress themes available and there are premium themes too. Search for “online coaching wordpress themes” and have a look at the results that you get back. If you have to invest $50 or so in a theme that really works for you then do that. Otherwise go for a free theme that suits you. Install the theme from your WordPress dashboard. The aim of your website should be to prove to potential clients that you are credible and that you can help them. Testimonials are valuable social proof and you need to add these to your website. If you are just starting out how can you get testimonials? Offer your services to people that you know free of charge or heavily discounted in exchange for their testimonial. If you don’t know anyone then find a suitable place to advertise this. It doesn’t matter what method you use to obtain your testimonials. Just get at least 3 that you can add to your site. Tell the people that you are requesting testimonials from that they must agree to provide a video testimonial or at the very least a photograph of themselves and their website address so that you can add this. This all helps with authenticity. Never be tempted to add fake testimonials to your website. Invest in a professional logo for your website. It is important that you create a brand that you can use consistently on your website and your social media accounts. There are plenty of good graphic designers on Fiverr.com that will create a very professional logo to your instructions for a small amount of money. On each of your pages and posts on your website add a call to action. This can be for a prospective client to contact you via your contact form, call you or join your email list. Make your website work hard for you 24/7 and set up analytics so that you can see what is working. Your website is a lead generation machine and it needs to convert.

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Sample Content Preview There is no confusion why it is becoming the most powerful and desired marketing plan available. The tips offered here will assist you in using social media to the best of your abilities. Post new content regularly. If you do not update your status at least once a week, your followers will forget that you exist. Perhaps you could post new content on the same day or at the same hour so that your followers have something to look forward to and will think about logging on to see what you have posted. Create a RSS feed for your updates and give your readers the opportunity to subscribe to it. This will allow them to see your posts when they log into their Google account or right on their computer desktop if they use an RSS widget. Depending on your target audience, you will get more or less success with an RSS feed. Things move very fast in social media, and your company will have to adapt quickly to the changes as they come. Just, a few years ago, tablet computers and smart phones did not exist in a mass-produced and publicly available form. Keep an eye on the new technology so that you are better prepared for the changes to your marketing. Remember that when you are using social media to market your business, you are communicating with people, not at them. The technology that people are using now and the way social media is designed is allowing your customers to communicate easier than ever before. You have to engage in this conversation and communicate with your customers in contrast to posting ad copy with a one-sided point of view. For large companies, social media marketing can be a labor intensive, complicated, and non-standardized task where efficiency can be elusive. Many ad agencies and social media agencies are still trying to understand how to effectively market to the masses and are making it up as they go. So be careful where you spend your money and make sure you are getting measurable results from your marketing campaign.

Table of Contents Introduction 3 The Basics 4 The Best Ways to Boost Your Credit Score 8 Keep Your Credit Score Safe 10 Avoid Common Credit Score Mistakes 14 Dealing With Your Credit Report to Deal With Your Credit Score 17 Dealing With a Credit Score after a Big Problem 21 Dealing With Professional Credit Help 25 General Good Financial Habits Build Good Credit Scores 29 Think Like a Lender 34 Develop an Organized Strategy to Repair Your Credit score 39 Loans and Your Credit Score 41 Make Credit Repair Easier on Yourself 43 Student Credit Repair 45 Dealing With Debt 49 Credit Repair and Your Emotions 51 Parting Credit Tips 53 Conclusion 55 Sample Content Preview Tip #1: Understand where credit scores come from. If you are going to improve your credit score, then logic has it that you must understand what your credit score is and how it works. Without this information, you won’t be able to very effectively improve your score because you won’t understand how the things you do in daily life affect your score. If you don’t understand how your credit score works, you will also be at the mercy of any company that tries to tell you how you can improve your score - on their terms and at their price. In general, your credit score is a number that lets lenders know how much of a credit risk you are. The credit score is a number, usually between 300 and 850, that lets lenders know how well you are paying off your debts and how much of a credit risk you are. In general, the higher your credit score, the better credit risk you make and the more likely you are to be given credit at great rates. Scores in the low 600s and below will often give you trouble in finding credit, while scores of 720 and above will generally give you the best interest rates out there. However, credit scores are a lot like GPAs or SAT scores from college days - while they give others a quick snapshot of how you are doing, they are interpreted by people in different ways. Some lenders put more emphasis on credit scores than others. Some lenders will work with you if you have credit scores in the 600s, while others offer their best rates only to those creditors with very high scores indeed. Some lenders will look at your entire credit report while others will accept or reject your loan application based solely on your credit score. The credit score is based on your credit report, which contains a history of your past debts and repayments. Credit bureaus use computers and mathematical calculations to arrive at a credit score from the information contained in your credit report. Each credit bureau uses different methods to do this (which is why you will have different scores with different companies) but most credit bureaus use the FICO system. FICO is an acronym for the credit score calculating software offered by Fair Isaac Corporation company. This is by far the most used software since the Fair Isaac Corporation developed the credit score model used by many in the financial industry and is still considered one of the leaders in the field. In fact, credit scores are sometimes called FICO scores or FICO ratings, although it is important to understand that your score may be tabulated using different software. One other thing you may want to understand about the software and mathematics that goes into your credit score is the fact that the math used by the software is based on research and comparative mathematics. This is an important and simple concept that can help you understand how to boost your credit score. In simple terms, what this means is that your credit score is in a way calculated on the same principles as your insurance premiums. Your insurance company likely asks you questions about your health, your lifestyle choices (such as whether you are a smoker) because these bits of information can tell the insurance company how much of a risk you are and how likely you are to make large claims later on. This is based on research. Studies have shown, for example, that smokers tend to be more prone to serious illnesses and so require more medical attention. If you are a smoker, you may face higher insurance premiums because of this. Similarly, credit bureaus and lenders often look at general patterns. Since people with too many debts tend not to have great rates of repayment, your credit score may suffer if you have too many debts, for example. Understanding this can help you in two ways: 1) It will let you see that your credit score is not a personal reflection of how “good” or “bad” you are with money. Rather, it is a reflection of how well lenders and companies think you will repay your bills - based on information gathered from studying other people. 2) It will let you see that if you want to improve your credit score, you need to work on becoming the sort of debtor that studies have shown tends to repay their bills. You do not have to work hard to reinvent yourself financially and you do not have to start making much more money. You just need to be a reliable lender. This realization alone should help make credit repair far less stressful! Credit reports are put together by credit bureaus, which use information from client companies. It works like this: credit bureaus have clients - such as credit card companies and utility companies, to name just two - who provide them with information.