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Denise Hall Publisher/Editor denise@home-business-on-a-budget.com http://www.Home-Business-on-a-Budget.com Home Business on a Budget Newsletter is a bi-weekly publication. My mission is to help you succeed in your home business without spending an arm and a leg. Each issue contains useful tips, information and articles. Good luck in your business ventures! Translate this newsletter to another language: http://world.altavista.com/ Do you have a friend who would like this newsletter? By all means, pass it on please. The more, the merrier, as I always say! 
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My 2 Cents Worth - Editor's Chit-Chat
Hi All! Welcome to another Sunday with yours truly and thanks so much for letting me be a small part of your day. :~) If you're new today, a warm welcome to you. I hope you'll enjoy the issue. Geez... it's mid-September already! I don't know if that's good or bad. I guess it's GOOD because the busiest season of the year is starting, but it's BAD because the weather is getting colder and soon we'll have snow. Isn't there a happy medium somewhere? LOL Today is my youngest granddaughter's 3rd birthday. It's hard to believe it was 3 years ago that I made the trip from Michigan to Wyoming when she was born. It doesn't seem that long. Now she's almost old enough to go to school. Where does the time go? My oldest granddaughter WOULD BE starting school this year if she'd been born in November instead of December. I feel old. LOL And then I'll be making a trip to North Carolina next March when my oldest daughter has her first baby. I suppose after I blink a few times THAT one will be celebrating its 3rd birthday, too. LOL My youngest daughter hasn't been feeling well for the past month or so. She's had test after test, and a surgeon finally determined it's probably her gallbladder. So she's having it removed tomorrow, after having had a laproscopy (I think that's the term) on Friday to rule out an ulcer or anything in the stomach. Hopefully that takes care of the problem and she can get back to life as normal. :) Enough rambling out of me... I'll let you get on with the rest of the issue. I'll see you here in two weeks. Until then, be profitable! Denise
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Feature Article
"I'm Just Gonna Go Eat Weeds" How to use the "magic question" to turn cannots into cans, boost those click through rates, ramp up in spite of any economic woes and find your inner power By Marlon Sanders My mom used to have a saying when she was feelin' a little blue. She'd say, "I'm just gonna go eat weeds!" I'm from a state in the U.S. called Oklahoma. And my mom was a farm girl. That's an old saying steeped in farmer tradition. But I think it has something to do with going out to pasture where the cows are. Here are some things that may make you feel like eatin' weeds" Here are some examples: * Well, click through rates are down. It's just too bad. * I wish I could do a jv with that person. But I sent them an email and they didn't return it. Darn it. * I tried runnin' some ads. But hardly anyone responded. So I'm just gonna go out and eat weeds. * I wrote a sales letter but it's not converting well enough. * I'm sending out emails but no one is responding. * I'm making blog posts but Google isn't sending me any love. If you feel like eatin' weeds, then I have an insight that will help you. In life, business and marketing, it's easy to get bogged down by what happens TO you instead of making what you want HAPPEN. I'm going to share a magic question that literally changes everything. "What CAN I do to GET the response I want?" You'll notice the word CAN is capitalized. There are many things you do NOT control. So there's no power in focusing on those things. What DO you control? That's step one. What things CAN you control or change? These are your LEVERS for change. You can control what you say, how you say it, who you say it to. Those are just a few of the variables you control as a marketer. Then the second thing is to focus on what you CAN do to GET the response you want. People aren't reading your emails? OK. What CAN you say or do to GET them to read your emails? The difference is active vs. passive. When you're passive, things happen TO you. When you're active, you focus on what actions you can TAKE to make what you want happen. You're the one doing the acting vs. being the one acted upon by forces you can't control. People aren't joining your email list? What CAN you control? What are your levers? You control who you get to your Squeeze page. You control the message on the page when they get there. You control the graphics. The main thing is the message. What message WOULD get attention and compel people to join your list? That question is the starting point of taking control. Anthony Robbins has a great CD called "The Power of Questions" or something along those lines. It's simply about solving problems by asking better questions. The questions you ask yourself determine your focus. There's no question that in the U.S. things are in a downturn. You can sink into a passive "things-are-happening-to-me" mindset and feel you have no control. Or you can control the things you can: 1. Get more people to your web site or Squeeze page. You control your marketing. Run some ezine ads. Do pay per click. Buy banner ads. Ramp up promotions to your affiliates. 2. Split test your marketing message The greatest point of leverage you have in your business is your marketing message. 3. Be more compelling You're competing for attention. So turn it up a notch or two. What DO you control? This next week I want you to think about that. Instead of looking at things you can't control like the economy, focus on the things you CAN control. That little shift changes everything. You can either go out and eat weeds like my momma used to talk about. Or you can ask yourself the "magic question": What DO I control and what CAN I do to get the response I want? Marlon Sanders ----------------------------------------------------------- Marlon Sanders is the author of "The Amazing Formula That Sells Products Like Crazy." If you'd like to get on his mailing list and receive tips, articles and information about online marketing, visit: http://www.amazingformula.com/
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Things Mom Would Never Say 1. "How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?" 2. "Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too" 3. "Just leave all the lights on ... it makes the house look more cheery" 4. "Let me smell that shirt -- Yeah, it's good for another week" 5. "Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I'll be glad to feed and walk him every day" 6. "Well, if Timmy's mom says it's OK, that's good enough for me." 7. "The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It's not like I'm running a prison around here." 8. "I don't have a tissue with me ... just use your sleeve" 9. "Don't bother wearing a jacket - the wind-chill is bound to improve" Courtesy of AhaJokes.com
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Expert Advice
Each week I'll publish some tips or advice. I'll try to cover every subject I can think of, but if you have any suggestions, please send them to me at the e-mail address listed below. There seems to be a certain misconception among some new marketers about how to market products online, specifically how to contact people to buy products or join programs. This has been bugging me for quite some time, and I wrote a blog post about it, so I'm going to send you there to read " A Recipe for Marketing Failure." Send your suggestions or questions for the experts: mailto:denise@home-business-on-a-budget.com?subject=ExpertAdvice
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Editor's Closing Comments
I hope you've enjoyed today's issue of Home Business on a Budget. I always welcome reader's feedback, comments and suggestions. Please feel free to e-mail me if you ever have any questions that I can help you with. I am always willing to help in any way I can. I also accept guest articles for publication. Please send them to the e-mail listed below with "article" in the subject line. Denise Hall Publisher/Editor Contact me: denise@home-business-on-a-budget.com Website: http://www.Home-Business-on-a-Budget.com
LEGAL STUFF
I accept no responsibility whatsoever for the content, profitability or legality of any published articles or advertisements contained within Home Business on a Budget Newsletter. And, although all of the articles have been selected for their content, the publishing of such articles within this newsletter does not constitute a recommendation of the products or services mentioned or advertised within those articles. Be responsible! Always do your own Due Diligence before responding to any offer. I respect the privacy of my readers. I will never supply or sell your personal information to any Third Party!
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