tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65044331224010451042011-10-01T00:18:57.707-04:00This blog will document my journey building a successful work at home business.Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.comBlogger571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-64584351410180804792008-11-08T10:33:00.001-05:002008-11-08T10:35:39.115-05:00

Well I'm a little late with this update and I do apologize. I'm taking a break from my business to do a little more of taking care of myself. I noticed I was on the computer, but not accomplishing the things I needed to do for my business. It seemed a lot of time was being wasted and I was just becoming more frustrated and uninterested. When I get back to business full swing I will set a time to

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This month has been a slow one. My motivation is lacking for some reason. I need to get inspired and start putting more effort into my home business. My stats for this month include:PIPS Newsletter sign ups: 25; SFI 20; Golden Ticket Prospects: 21I have been using safelists, Traffic Exchanges, Classified ads, putting up flyers, posting on forums, a little bit of blogging. I have to step up my

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Here is a motivational reading I would like to share. A woman on my Shaklee call shared this with us and I wanted to pass it along. Enjoy!To Succeed in Your Home Business, You Must BELIEVE!All kinds of people make the decision to work from home, and it ispossible to be successful no matter where you come from or what stage of life you are in at the time. Whether you come from wealth or poverty,

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The end of summer is approaching and the busy time of internet marketing is near. It's exciting because the work that is put in during the summer months will pay off in the fall.I've been spending time submitting to link directories, article directories, blog posting, safelist advertising, clicking on TE's, posting in forums and submitting classifieds.This months update is about the same as last

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Another slow month. It's cool getting notices of sales through Traffic Payouts or Click Bank though. I have been concentrating a little bit more on my Shaklee business. I ordered some Golden Ticket Movies so I can give them out to people or send them to people who request them on the internet. It costs them $7.95 for the shipping & handling.The movie explaines Shaklee and the business opportunity

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This month has been slow, to say the least. I haven't been doing the activities that I should be in order to build back links and get more traffic to my site.Don't get me wrong, I'm still doing something almost every day, but I should be doing more. In the PIPS Power Group Forum there is a contest going one for summer. The one with the most improvement will win the prize. The members there are

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Today I feel the need to write about an awesome company that has been in business for over 50 years. This company stands behind all their products with a money back guarantee and have had their products featured on shows like Oprah, Good Morning America, Rachael Ray, Today and several others!That company is called Shaklee! Shaklee's products are no joke. I just started using their products at the

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Life likes to throw twists and turns at us along the way and that is what has happened to me recently. As in my last post, my dad has been ill and it's a difficult time.I have been spending minimal time on my business due to being in Toronto for 2 weeks and being at my dad's house since he's been home. He got home a week after I left.It ended up that my dad's cancer led him to have to have his

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The best thing about a work at home business is that when personal issues come up I don't have to worry about taking time off or explaining to a boss what's going on.The business may have a little down time but I know I can get it going again when I get working and putting more effort into it. That has been the case for a few weeks here. My dad has been ill and having a lot of pain for the last 4

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You may be wondering where to turn in order to find the perfect work at home business. Finding the right one requires a little research to make sure it is legitimate and has a reasonable compensation plan. If you choose a company to become an affiliate for you need to make sure that company is stable and has the products that you can trust. I have found a company and products that are not only

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It looks like that statement is true for me. In the last week or so things have really started to come together. There are a couple things I have been doing different that I can attribute to this change of direction for my home business. I joined a mentoring group which has given very valuable information and tips on how to get my business on the road to success. I mentioned this group in a

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We would all like to think that our homes are the safest place on earth, would we not? The truth of the matter is that it really is not. The air in our home is usually more contaminated with pollutants than the air outside. We may wonder how this could be possible. The very products that are supposed to save us from illness may be the actual culprits that are making us sick.When your child eats

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More and more people are talking about their health, the environment, and the toxins that are found inside the home that are having staggering effects on our health.I’m excited to share these life changing products with you! But, if you are looking to make an even bigger impact on the planet (and your wallet), I will teach you how to earn full-time or part-time income from your home...we are

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I received my EyeEarn package in the mail today and took a picture of myself with the shirt on. Some of us at the PIPS forum are daring each other to take a pic and post it! So here I am and later when my hubby gets home I'll post another one with the banner on the van. PS: Don't mind that half my head is cut off!To Your Success,Tara MartindaleWork at Home Business Opportunities

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A couple days ago I joined a private mentoring group that is designed to help people get their business off the ground and learn some of the top marketing methods. The group is comprised of some of the best marketers online. The great thing is that I have "known" these mentors for a year so I feel very comfortable there. Anyway, I have a new found motivation to get this business rockin'! Every

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Wow, another year has passed us by and it's time to think about what we want this year to be. I plan to go full speed ahead with my home business. I admit the last few months were not spent doing what I needed to do to bring my business forward. I only have myself to blame for any lack of success. This year I plan to do double duty with submitting to link directories, article submissions and

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It's been way too long since my last update. I do post regularly on my business blog though.Ok, since my last update I have been keeping up with submitting my site to link directories and articles to article directories. I've been slacking on the traffic exchanges. This last few weeks I haven't been doing as much as I should though. I had some surgery so my mind has been elsewhere, but I will be

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I'm sure others can relate. This month has been very slow. Everyone is enjoying the last month of summer I'm sure! I am but I'm also looking forward to school in a little over a week lol. As for what's been happening this month: I invested in some Get Response opt in leads. They are coming in slowly but that's ok. My list has grown a little bit. I've had about 39 subscribers (20 from the power

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I'm still loving what I'm doing. Here's an update on my progress this month: 19 subscribers to my newsletter, 10 referrals in SFI (1 EA), 4 referrals in Leisure Audio Books (1 upgrade), 1 full PIPS referral, 1 referral in NPN.I know this is just the beginning and things will be picking up month after month. I've been submitting to article directories, social networking sites, blogging, posting in

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To Your Success,Tara MartindaleWork at Home Business Opportunities

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Well, it's been a while since my last update. Not much has been happening so that's probably why I haven't updated lol. Not much to say. I've been getting a sign up and/or subscriber here and there. My links have gone up to over 1200. I've been busy submitting articles, submitting links to link directories, blogging, posting on forums, and placing classifides. I signed up for a new list building

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I got some inspiration from someone on the forum I post on (thanks Jessica) and made my 1st video. Check it out below and leave a comment to tell me what you think! To Your Success,Tara MartindaleWork at Home Business Opportunities

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Search engine optimization is getting more and more difficult by the day. The search engines are evolving at an incredible speed, making it harder for us SEOs to rank our websites highly.With that said, there are a few tried and true principles that we need to do when optimizing our website. The first of which, and the one that I always tell people to concentrate on is getting quality, 1 way

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Well, since having my new site I've been getting positive feedback. I'm glad people like it and find it appealing to the eye. I think it really makes a difference whether or not people stay on your website or come back to your website. If it's not easy to navigate or nice to look at, people won't stay or come back right? Anyway, I hope it brings more visitors to my site and people will feel

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To add to the previous post, I had another signup in Hits2U and GDI. In SFI one of my affiliates upgraded to Executive Affiliate, so that's exciting. My credits have gone way down in my TE's so I really need to build those up again. I've been working on my site here and there so my surfing is slacking. This week I'm going to concentrate on writing an article, submitting it and surfing. Of course

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I've finished my new website. Aside from a few glitches it went pretty smoothly. I think I got them all worked out. I'll be touching it up here and there. Check it out here.Adding on to my last post, I got another 2 signups in Hits2U, a signup in SFI and a signup in GDI . No new subscribers for my newsletter.I haven't been doing too much surfing or anything since I've been working on my site. Now

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Advertising your home base internet business is not as hard as it sounds. As a matter of fact, more and more savvy methods of advertising are cropping up that help entrepreneurs to not only get the word out about their home base internet business, but to provide useful services to the community while doing so. Sure, in the early days of internet marketing it was customary to design banner ads

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Well things are moving along smoothly. It's slow but I don't mind. I love doing this. In a couple years I'll look back here and it'll all be worth it. This month I've had 11 subscribers to my newsletter. That may be nothing to those that get that many in a few hours, but to me, it's great lol. I've also had a couple sign ups in SFI. Other programs I'm involved with are Hit2U, which I got 4

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Stumbleupon is a social network I heard about in the Plug-in Profit Site forum. It seems pretty cool. you vote for and review sites and people do the same for you. I'm very new to it so I have a lot to learn. Sign up at Stumbleupon then go to my stumbleupon site and add me as a friend. After that go to my Work at Home Business Opportunities site and vote for it and leave a review. When you sign

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I found this new business network that may interest some! It's free to join and the first 2500 members get a free 1 year VIP membership! By joining Apsense, a newly launched business social network, you can connect with business individuals with common interests, meet new friends or business associates, start your business blog, and even build your own private social network! Please take a few

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I wanted to share some links for advertising. All are free to join and some have an upgrade option. Hopefully this can help someone with advertising their business. Be warned, there are a lot of links lol. Here goes....the first link is a link to a former blog entry that has some traffic exchange links....Blog PostStart ExchangeTrafficGEasy Hits 4 UWebBizInsiderTraffic

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Well I invested in something called guaranteed referrals. This program matches your business with people who fit the profile. These prospects fill out their information and state what they are willing to pay to start a business and are matched with business opportunities that they may be interested in. I'll be happy to even get a couple sign ups. I ordered 500 so we'll see how it goes. It may

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So you've decided to start trying to make money on the internet....where do you start and what company do you choose? Affiliate marketing is becoming more and more popular. It's easy to get started and virtually cost free. In minutes your new work at home business could be up and running. Fill out a form and register, then you're off! Pick a product or "niche" that interests you so you will enjoy

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It is very easy to suffer from information overload when starting a work at home business. Especially on the internet. There are so many products and programs out there, we may wonder where to start. I have so many e-books and reports and software that I haven't even looked at yet! Everywhere I turn there is something new. I pretty much have to put my blinders on and avoid buying all the latest

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So, I'm sure we can all relate to finances being tight at some time or another. If the budget is tight how are we supposed to run a business? Well that's the beauty of working online. It's the cheapest way to go. There's tons of free or cheap advertising out there. Traffic exchanges, article writing, free classifieds, link exchanges, link directories and I'm sure there are several other ways to

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You know what I hear a lot? "Why haven't I made any cash? I've been doing this for 2 weeks!" It's amazing how many people think they are going to get rich over the internet just by signing up with a program. They think they don't have to work! This is a business...a real business. You have to work, promote and most of all, be patient. It WILL NOT happen over night, period.It can take years for a

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This business can get frustrating, overwhelming, complicated and the urge to give up can sneak up! The most important thing to remember is DO NOT GIVE UP! Some things can be difficult to understand but that is when asking for help may be necessary. Don't ever think that asking for help is a sign of failure because it's not. Not everyone understands everything.From my experience, HTML was like

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I often wondered...how can a person do the same job day after day for years and years? It seems a person would get tired of doing the same thing day in and day out! I'm sure there are some that do, but there are others that love doing what they do. That's great if you can love something enough to want to and look forward to doing it over and over again.I am one who gets bored easily and quits

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Today my solo ad went out. I have a new prospect for my newsletter already. I've done a couple other solo ads before and didn't get one sign up for my FREE newsletter. This time I used a different solo ad company. We'll see how it goes. I sent to 500 people. The other ads I've tried went out to 5,000-475,000 people with no results. I guess I just had bad luck with that company. Since I got my

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I got my very first full PIPS signup!! I was doing the happy dance. Now I just hope I know enough to help her as best as I can lol. I think I can give her some useful advice if she wants it. I hope she enjoys it as much as I do. Sure there are some frustrating times but it's worth it. I plan to make this business a success, I don't care if it takes 5 years!! See I told you you'd hear about my

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These are my children. I added the extra pic of my daughter because that is how she looks now. She was about a year in the group photo. She'll be 2 in July. My kids are 11.5, 9, 4.5, and 1.5! This is what it's all about! My children are the driving force for me to continue with my work at home business. I want them to have what they need and most of what they want, within reason lol. I think

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It seems like I'm on the computer from sun up to sun down! I think in the beginning or until things get going a lot of time is required to start the wheels of a business rolling. I spend my days submitting articles, blogging, clicking on the traffic exchanges, and posting in forums. A schedule is important but it seems I can't get a set schedule down right now. I'm on and off through out the

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If you have a work at home business that you run over the internet with a website you will need to get the word out and attract people to your site. There are several ways to do this. Just remember to have a budget and stick to it. Make a plan and do something every day to advertise your work at home business. It is a competitive world out there so try to be unique and original. Your advertising

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-26231331147733315332007-04-14T20:53:00.000-04:002007-04-14T20:55:14.650-04:00

My friend Stone Evans has been nominated for the 2006 - 2007"Online Marketer Of The Year" award. Check it out here:http://www.onlinemarketeroftheyear.com/stoneevansYou'll have a chance to login to Stone's personal computerand watch him compete against the top marketers in the worldincluding:Dan Kennedy, Joe Sugarman, Robert Allen, Mark Joyner, YanikSilver, Mike Filsaime, Rich Schefren, Nick Marks

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The last few days have been spent submitting my articles to many directories. I also found a site called SubscribeMe.net. I submit an ad and they send it to 1,000,000 readers from different ezines. I've also been blogging, forum posting, traffic exchanges (20 of them), and link exchanging. I need to write another article. It's hard to concentrate with 4 children running around! They are wonderful

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-62116292912569222322007-04-07T10:36:00.000-04:002007-04-07T10:57:42.592-04:00

The last few days I've been trying out some new tools I found. One is called Crazy Browser. You know how I have to click, click, click to keep my credits up? Well I still have to do that but this makes it a little easier. All my traffic exchanges are put into a group and I can open them all at once! When surfing I just push F3 to go from page to page. I get 12 TE's in there and click away! It's

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-45737971152031283952007-04-03T17:37:00.000-04:002007-04-03T17:50:16.616-04:00

I've been busy the day or two. I made my first splash page. I had a little help with the code by using a splash page generator. I then changed it to the way I liked it. I'm going to make some more to see what else I can come up with. My HTML knowledge is pretty minimal. It's all trial and error with me. I make a change then check it out to see if it looks ok. I go back and forth, back and forth.

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-47810369072998694572007-04-01T21:40:00.000-04:002007-04-01T21:50:50.126-04:00

Today I felt productive. I did some changes to my website, blogged, wrote an article, posted on a forum and of course the never ending clicking! Tomorrow I will go nuts and post my new article to a ton of directories. If you read the previous post my article is similar to that only without the refrences to me and my situation personally. Sometimes it's a little difficult to concentrate around

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-75720368418312616262007-03-30T21:36:00.000-04:002007-03-30T22:18:46.490-04:00

Some will say working at home is the best thing they've ever done. Some will say that they would rather go out of the home to work. Everyone has their own preference. Some can tolerate commuting back and forth to their job, but others cannot bear the thought of it. I've only been working at home since October '06 and I can tell you some of the pros and cons that I've experienced so far. I've been

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-87040418658417304642007-03-28T11:19:00.000-04:002007-03-28T11:34:17.180-04:00

Frustration is a normal part of starting a work at home business. There is so much information to read, learn and soak up that it can get a little overwhelming. I have e-books and learning material stored on my computer that I haven't even gotten to yet. It's a big world out there on the net, you can get lost. If you try to consentrate on one or two things at a time it is much easier to focus and

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-9490589777004623362007-03-23T23:42:00.000-04:002007-03-23T23:55:48.251-04:00

If you've never heard of this forum you need to go there and check it out. If you become a PIPS owner this forum has the most supportive members. They give honest, helpful advice that can be used to better yourself and/or business. I've learned a lot reading the posts there. I check in everyday to see if there is anything new that I can learn and usually there is. If it isn't something to learn,

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-33109327691693127622007-03-22T15:39:00.000-04:002007-03-22T16:01:42.900-04:00

Working at home is the best! I get to stay home and take care of my kids, keep up on housework and laundry (not that it's fun or anything), work only when I want to, there are no deadlines to meet or bosses to report to or impress. This is the ideal business for me since I have 4 kids and I want to see them grow and be here at all times for them. Sometimes it is difficult to get work done when

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-78043302597046037612007-03-19T23:49:00.000-04:002007-03-20T00:07:51.704-04:00

I'm telling you, I'm addicted to this business. I can't wait to get on the computer. I'm on and off all day in between taking care of the kids and the house. It's actually fun for me. I never thought I'd say that about any kind of work! This is something I can do for a very long time because it's never boring. I find something new everyday, whether it's a new article directory or some kind of

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-70750251494888836562007-03-17T19:48:00.000-04:002007-03-17T20:31:10.158-04:00

I've been submitting articles and building up links to my site. My site went from a position in the 150's to the 4oo's using my main keywords. It's at #11 with other keywords. Google is confusing! I have 1 measly backlink to my site according to Google. Total backlinks, using Link Popularity Check, I'm at about 380. I have a long way to go in order to get my site higher up on Google and start

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-47036348912487243682007-03-15T22:56:00.000-04:002007-03-15T23:09:37.209-04:00

Traffic Exchanges! All this clicking has my wrist hurting. I'm not paying for any credits right now so I have to click a lot to keep my credits up. When I start making some cash I'll pay for credits. Anything's better than clicking all day. I have 7 or 8 traffic exchanges going at once so you can imagine how many times I click!! Today was spent clicking, of course, submitting articles, updating

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-76739350073981351182007-03-14T14:03:00.000-04:002007-03-14T14:12:36.250-04:00

Well, I just made a Lens at Squidoo. Never heard of them until about a month ago. I didn't get into it though, until I read a discussion about it on the forum I post at. I decided to see what it was all about. I made a very simple one since I'm new to all this. I'm going to look at some of the other lens' to get some ideas. I'll update it every so often so don't forget to come back to see any

Tara Martindalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504810274858898896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504433122401045104.post-33979313002499276342007-03-10T23:55:00.000-05:002007-05-11T21:10:16.429-04:00

This is the journey of a complete newbie, Tara (that's me), building a successful home business. It all started early October. My sister had been doing online marketing for about 8 months and she was making some cash. That's when I decided to give it whirl. I signed up with a program called SFI. I got some pointers from my sister about advertising. I signed up for Traffic Swarm and started

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