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Chapter 20 – Time Management

Those thinking of working from home online should invest in a book or a seminar about time management skills. Just because you are working from home is no reason to begin slacking off during the day and becoming idle. If you continue to do this, you will not make any money and your online business will not be successful. Time management skills will help you make the best use of your time. Time management skills are often used to train individuals who work on their home so that they are more productive.

Working from home online can be a wonderful way to earn a living but it not without pitfalls. One of the major pitfalls is that most people, particularly those who are used to working for other people in an office environment, are unable to manage their time in an effective manner. The first week that they are working from home online they get sidetracked by dozens of different things and end up wasting a lot of time. Time that they should spend working. By learning basic time management skills, a person who works from home online can better manage their day and become more productive in their at home business.

Time management skills involve making each moment count. If you can get someone else to do something for you, have them do it. This can be as simple as paying a neighbor a few bucks to drive your child to school instead of driving him or her yourself each day. If your neighbor is going to the school anyway, it makes more sense for you to allow them to pick up your child so that you can spend that time working. Even if the school is 5 minutes away, chances are that by the time you get out to your car, pick your child up and come home, 20 minutes have passed. That ads up to 40 minutes per day and four hours a week. You can do a lot more with four hours a week than go back and forth to the school.

One of the basic principals of time management skills is teaching individuals who work on their own that their time is valuable. Many people do not put a proper value on their time, yet, when you ask people if they would rather have more time or money, in most cases it is a toss up. We tend to overextend ourselves with many different activities and many of them are time wasting.

In order to be an effective time manager, you have to first realize that any time you spend has worth. Particularly now that you are working for yourself. It is important for anyone who wants to work from home online to understand and follow basic time management skills in order to be successful in their pursuits.

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The title is what will get your potential customers to click. Make sure to use words that not only describe your item, but also words that your type of customer will use for your search. These two categories of words are not always the same, especially when you are selling information. A lot of your customers will not be looking for your information, although when they find it they will not be able to resist buying it.

For example lets say that you are selling an information product that shows people sources to buy electronics at closeout prices. Would you put electronics in the title? Maybe. Would the customers that you are trying to attract use electronics in their search? Probably not.

Since you can list the auction in an electronics category without getting booted (Info products can only be listed in certain categories. You can get away with listing them in software categories if they are in the form of any executable program,like an ebook), how do you go about getting hits.

You do so with a title like "Get Laptops and Other Electronics for next to nothing." Another hint: the title above will grab customers searching for "laptops" but not ones searching for laptop. Therefore a better title would be "Get a Laptop or DVD Player for Next to Nothing."

If you have room left you can use power words that either describe the rarity of your offering such as "limited time", "leaving ebay"(how many of these have you seen), and the like. Or words such as "Latest", "Free (shipping)", "Guaranteed".

You can get a free info pack on ad writing and ebay marketing by clicking the link at the bottom of the page and giving me feedback.

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Choosing the right host for your business is VERY important. Yet many people try to save a few bucks on what is one of the most important foundations of their business.

I admit I’ve been guilty on that too until one day all my sites were gone because my host’s server broke down. This catastrophe was partly my fault, too, because I didn’t make backups.

So making sure your sites are up almost 100% of the time is a must. Free sites like geocities and homestead or any other free web host is therefore out of the question. Don’t go that road if you are serious about building your online business.

Keep in mind that when your site goes down because of your host, so will your income.

I have tried many web hosts and I’m now using Hostgator and LiveVoltage for my adsense sites. I highly recommend them and at this moment you can host an unlimited number of domain names and get 5,000 MB of space for just $9.97 per month at Hostgator.

Later when you start to make some money with adsense then it’s wise to open another hosting account with different web hosts. The reason for spreading your sites over different hosts is to protect your income. Just imagine if you host ALL your sites on one server and it goes down? Your income stops immediately as well.

But if you have several hosts and one goes down, then not all is lost. Another reason is the fact that when you have several hosts, not all your sites will have the same IP address.

You can then link from one of your sites to another one with a different IP address. Doing this gives that site an incoming link and is exactly what the search engines like.

Now to continue about Hostgator, not only do they provide cheap hosting for an unlimited number of domain names, they also include “Fantastico”. Fantastico let’s you install pre-installed scripts with just a few clicks of a button. This becomes handy because in the next step you will need to set up a blog on your site and if you are not sure how to do this then Fantastico will do it for you.

So whether you choose Hostgator or not, make sure the web host offers Fantastico and has Wordpress pre-installed. If you do use Hostgator then go to their site and click on “Web Hosting” in the top navigation bar. Then choose the “baby” plan and follow the signup instructions.

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Whether you have actually heard of this profiting plan, I can almost guarantee you that you've come across it. This is one of the most ingenius "back end" profit pulling plans you can use to boost your overall income. And, here's the reason why. . .

When you use the "OTO", or One Time Offer, plan, you are offering someone that has already had enough trust in you to make a purchase, or sign up for a free offer. So, the hard part of sucking in your customer is done with.

Now, how this works is there is a mid-section page that will be shown to your customers throughout the order process. Huh?!? Okay, you know that whenever you place an order online for a product you must go through the payment process. Be it PayPal, ClickBank, 2CheckOut, or a similar system. Then, once the payment portion is completed, you are redirected to the "thank you" page where you can retrieve your product.

In between those two pages is where you place your "OTO" page. And, since your customer has already spent money, this is the perfect opportunity to sell to them again, while they're in the buying mood.

You can use a separate product offer with special discounted pricing, an upgrade to the product you are currently selling that your customer has just purchased, etc. All that information will go on that page. Plus, there will be two form buttons at the bottom of your "special offer" page where your customer can choose to either accept your offer, or reject it.

Either way, you've still made a profit from them. The hope with the "OTO" is to make just a little bit more. Realize too, that this isn't the only way you can use the "OTO" plan though. Everyone has experienced the dreaded 404/File Not Found/Page Not Found error from time to time. So, why not customize your 404 pages with a "OTO"?

Many successful marketers have done this and made an otherwise dead sale. Another easy way to profit from a mistake! Plus, there's always the free giveaways you can place a "OTO" offer inside of too. Before your visitor's sign up is complete, show 'em your special, discounted "OTO". You never know. It might just interest them. So never count out your "freebie" customers. Most will indeed be lookers, but some, ev en if it's just a handful, w ill be buyers through and through that will appreciate a great money saving offer. A superb product that describes this entire process is OTO Secrets. If this profit plan interests you, then you should seriously consider picking up a copy.

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11. Soda absorbs kitty litter odours. Cover the bottom of the kitty box with 1 part soda; then add a layer of 3 parts kitty litter on top.

12. Always add 1/2 cup soda to your washing machine load.

13. Clean combs and brushes in a soda solution.

14. Wash food and drink containers with soda and water.

15. Wash marble-topped furniture with a solution of 3 tablespoons of soda in 1 quart of warm water. Let stand awhile, then rinse.

16. Clean Formica counter tops with baking soda on a damp sponge.

17. Wash out thermos bottles and cooling containers with soda and water to get rid of stale smells.

18. To remove stubborn stains from marble, Formica or plastic surfaces, scour with a paste of soda and water.

19. Wash glass or stainless steel coffee pots (but not aluminium) in a soda solution ( 3 tbsp. soda to 1 quart water).

20. Run you coffee maker through its cycle with a soda solution. Rinse.

21. Give baby bottles a good cleaning with soda and hot water.

22. Sprinkle soda on barbecue grills, let soak, then rinse off.

23. Sprinkle soda on greasy garage floor. Let stand, scrub and rinse.

24. Polish silverware with dry soda on a damp cloth. Rub, rinse and dry.

25. For silver pieces without raised patterns or cemented-on handles: place the silver on aluminium foil in an enamel pot. Add boiling water and 4 tbsp. baking soda. Let stand, rinse and dry.

26. Reduce odour build-up in your dishwasher by sprinkling some soda on the bottom.

27. Run your dishwasher through its cycle with soda in it instead of soap to give it a good cleaning.

28. To remove burned-on food from a pan: let the pan soak in soda and water for 10 minutes before washing. Or scrub the pot with dry soda and a moist scouring pad.

29. For a badly-burned pan with a thick layer of burned-on food: pour a thick layer of soda directly onto the bottom of the pan, then sprinkle on just enough water so as to moisten the soda. Leave the pot overnight, then scrub it clean next day.

30. Rub stainless steel and chrome with a moist cloth and dry baking soda to shine it up. Rinse and dry. On stainless steel, scrub in the direction of the grain.

31. Clean plastic, porcelain and glass with dry soda on a damp cloth. Rinse and dry.

32. Remove that bad smell from ashtrays with soda and water.

33. Sprinkle a bit of dry soda in your ashtrays to prevent smouldering and reduce odour.

34. Clean your bathroom with dry soda on a moist sponge - sink, tub, tiles, shower stall, etc.

35. Keep your drains clean and free-flowing by putting 4 tablespoons of soda in them each week. Flush the soda down with hot water.

36. Soak your shower curtains in water and soda to clean them.

37. To remove strong odours from your hands, wet your hands and rub them hard with soda, then rinse.

38. Sprinkle baking soda on your wet toothbrush and brush your teeth and dentures with it.

39. Sprinkle soda in tennis shoes, socks, boots and slippers to eliminate odour.

40. Add 1/2 cups or more of baking soda to your bath water to soften your skin.

41. Putting 2 tbsp. of baking soda in your baby's bath water will help relieve diaper rash irritations.

42. Apply soda directly to insect bites, rashes and poison ivy to relieve discomfort. Make a paste with water.

43. Take a soda bath to relieve general skin irritations such as measles and chicken pox.

44. Take 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water to relieve acid indigestion or heartburn.

45. Gargle with 1/2 tsp. baking soda in 1/2 glass of water. Freshens and cleans your mouth.

46. Used as a mouthwash, baking soda will also relieve canker sore pain.

47. To relieve sunburn: use a paste of baking soda and water.

48. Bug bites: use a poultice of baking soda and vinegar.

49. Bee sting: use a poultice of baking soda and water.

50. Windburns: moisten some baking soda and apply directly.

51. Making Play Clay with baking soda: combine 1 1/4 cups water, 2 cups soda, 1 cup cornstarch.

52. Use soda as an underarm deodorant.

53. If your baby spits up on his shirt after feeding, moisten a cloth, dip it in baking soda and dab at the dribbled shirt. The odour will go away.

54. When scalding a chicken, add 1 tsp. of soda to the boiling water. The feathers will come off easier and flesh will be clean and white.

55. Repel rain from windshield. Put gobs of baking soda on a dampened cloth and wipe windows inside and out.

56. Add to water to soak dried beans to make them more digestible.

57. Add to water to remove the "gamey" taste from wild game.

58. Use to sweeten sour dishcloths.

59. Use dry with a small brush to rub canvas handbags clean.

60. Use to remove melted plastic bread wrapper from toaster. Dampen cloth and make a mild abrasive with baking soda.

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Biting and mouthing is common in young puppies and dogs especially in play and while teething. It's up to you to teach your puppy or dog what is acceptable and what is not. Biting dogs are generally loving, sweet, adorable, affectionate and wonderful 99% of the time. Only 1% of the time does something specific happen that makes the dog bite. This article will discuss the causes of biting and what you can do to prevent your dog from biting.

Inhibit Biting First of all, dogs must learn to inhibit their bite before they are 4 months old. Normally, they would learn this from their mother, their littermates and other members of the pack. But, because we take them away from this environment before this learning is completed, we must take over the training.

Socialization Prevents Biting

By allowing your puppy to socialize with other puppies and socialized dogs they can pick up where they left off. Puppies need to roll, tumble and play with each other. When they play, they bite each other everywhere and anywhere.

This is where they learn to inhibit their biting. This is where they learn to control themselves. If they are too rough or rambunctious, they will find out because of how the other dogs and puppies react and interact with them.

This is something that happens naturally and it is something we cannot accomplish. It can only be learned from trial and error. There is nothing you can say or do to educate them in this realm. They must learn from their own experience.

Another major advantage of dog to dog socialization besides the fact that it will help your dog to grow up not being fearful of other dogs is that they can vent their energy in an acceptable manner. Puppies that have other puppies to play with do not need to treat you like littermates.

So the amount of play biting on you and your family should dramatically decrease. Puppies that do not play with other puppies are generally much more hyperactive and destructive in the home as well.

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How do you know if you did well at your garage sale? Good records are a sure bet to value your efforts. Simply listing inventory, expenses and revenue will paint a picture of your financial success. This would also be critical if you are selling other people’s merchandise in addition to your own. You’ll have to track it separately. Label the price tags with different colors or other codes like prefixes (N- 25 cents) to properly identify the articles that belong to the various sellers.

Keeping separate envelopes at your cashier’s stand can help you organize the goods as they are sold. If you have a couple of friends or relatives selling items, too, simply pull off the tag at sale-time and place the coded label in the appropriate envelope. For example, if you have codes N, S and T to indicate pieces being sold on behalf of three separate parties, all the N tags removed would go in the N envelope all the S tags in the S envelope and all the T tags in the T envelope. You can note each item on the outside of the envelope as it is inserted and the tag placed in the envelope. Noting as “candlestick - $2.00” will be a second way to check the inside coded tags against the running totals on the outside.

Maintaining a separate inventory list for each seller is important, too. As time permits, you can cross off items sold as you compare it to your specific envelope. What’s not crossed off by the end of the day should still be out on display. This way you can check it easily.

If you have to depend on memory, your relationship with a friend or relative could be on shaky ground. Better to have detailed, organized records, especially if you intend for this to be a career for you. Specializing in garage sales may mean your selling a lot of items from other people on consignment. It’s best to get your system down early on, and it will create trust in the minds of your seller-clients.

Make sure you have plenty of change for your cash box. Dimes and quarters should abound as well as one dollar bills. Get fifty dollars in various quantities of these three and keep a record of how much you initially place in the cash box and of what denomination.

Should you take a check? That’s up to you, but it is recommended that, without a driver’s license to record information from on the back of the check, you shouldn’t take it. Most of the time, a check will be for a higher priced item(s) anyway and the person should have plenty of identification for you to copy on the back of the check. If you choose not to deal in checks, you could accept a deposit to hold an item for a set time limit (three hours), giving the person time to acquire the necessary cash to complete the transaction.

There might be some people who offer you a figure you believe to be too low for one of your higher priced items. Don’t completely rule it out! See if the individual will leave a name and phone number to contact in the event you are not able to unload it for your price. That party may still be interested at the end of the weekend and it’s better to get something for your article as opposed to keeping or otherwise disposing of it for nothing.

The art of negotiation is one best practiced. There are people who are really good at it and others that detest the entire process. This is the way goods have been bought and sold in this country for much of our early history and there is still some of that old “ horse-trading ” going on today. While you wouldn’t be able to do this at your grocery store check-out counter, it’s a perfectly acceptable procedure in a garage sale.

People are out for bargains. Part of the fun is to see if they can get you down from the price you’ve listed on your items. Expect it! Don’t be insulted! Get into the game yourself! An item priced at $8.00 may bring an offer of $6.00. Counteroffer with $7.00 and settle for $6.50. Make the sale! People enjoy the bargaining process and so should you if you want to specialize in garage sales. When you go around to buy items that you can sell at a profit later, negotiate. The lower the price you can get, the better the chance to sell it at a good price during your subsequent garage sale.

There are professionals out there to watch. These are the folks who will make you an offer for the entire inventory you have displayed. Or for a collection of something. Or for all your glassware. Or for your hard cover books. Be careful! You can often make far more by holding out and continuing your garage sale rather than settle for an offer to move the entire lot off your property. If you are selling goods for others, you should discuss this with them in advance. They may want you to take a one-time offer for their articles. If so, it’s good to know that in case the “pro” happens by. Make money and move your inventory! That’s the objective, no matter how it is accomplished. Keeping that in mind will help you get through the negotiating that will be a part of garage sale day.

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Chapter 14 Using Google AdWords for AdSense Sites

Some AdSense publishers use Google AdWords to drive traffic to their sites. Now, in case you didn’t know, Google AdWords is the program that supplies the ads that you are showing on your site with Google AdSense. Does it make sense to use AdWords to promote an AdSense site? In some cases, it does.

It is tricky, however. Remember that you are targeting high paying keywords. This means that if you target those same keywords with your own AdWords campaign, you would be paying a large amount of money. You also run the risk of not having the money that you earn from AdSense cover the cost of your AdWords ads.

Here is the secret. First, set a budget for your AdWords campaign that you can afford to pay, regardless of your AdSense income. Next, don’t choose the same keywords for your AdWords ads as you do for your AdSense site. Now you are probably wondering how that would work out.

Let’s say that your website is focused on the topic of weight loss for diabetic women. You could target a lower paying keyword for your AdWords campaign, such as diabetes or diabetic supplies. Again, it is tricky, and it does take some thought.

It is vital that you keep a close eye on your ad campaigns and your clicks. You can easily see how much you’ve spent, and how much you’ve earned in relation to what you have spent. If you are spending more than you are earning, you need to rethink using Google AdWords, or tweak and tune until you are earning more than you spend.

Aside from that, setting up a Google AdWords campaign is very easy. You simply sign up for the program, write your ad, choose your keywords, set your budget, set how much you are willing to pay for each click, and activate the ad to run.

While you are targeting different keywords, those keywords may be relevant enough to your site for the ad to appear on your own site! You don’t want this to happen. Go into your AdSense account, and using the filter, exclude your site from appearing in ads on your site.

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Your instructions might be to visit a specific store on a particular day at an appropriate time or within a pre-determined period. Almost certainly the hiring company will be testing or evaluating something which exclusively occurs at a specific time and place. It might be they want to know whether supplies run short of particular items at busy times, or if checkout operators become harassed, the store overruns with children, trolleys are in short supply, and so on.

Sometimes you will be allowed to choose your own time to shop, based on the theory that dirty toilets and unpleasant staff might be a permanent problem, not restricted to busy times only, in which case the client needs to know just how widespread such proble ms are or if conditions vary between different shifts, on different days.

Be sure to shop at the appointed time, no sooner, no later. Arrive early and go somewhere quite away from the shop and take a long last look at your instructions. A park or coffee shop is ideal.

Make sure you know what you have to do. You can’t keep on referring to your instructions during the shop, except if it’s quiet or looks like you’re reading your shopping list. A small notepad is useful, doubling as a shopping list and reminder of essential features of the shop and for recording important details. Try always to look as if you are checking things you have bought against those you still have to buy.

Note unusual requests such as information which might be required about other shops in the vicinity, whether you have to count supplies of a particular product or number of supervisors in the store at the appropriate time, if you have to record the name of the assistant who served you, and so on.

Here’s a great tip we have used on occasion to avoid your notes being spotted by staff and management in the store. Use a simple code system, such as writing one letter in the alphabet in advance of actual letters of particular names or snippets of information.