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    L-Sel Companies                                                                                                                                                                                    Lee Selders  
    3775 EP True Pkwy, Ste 152                                                                                                                                                             515-428-0681
    West Des Moines, IA 50265                                                                                                                                                           lselco@msn.com
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    Home Businesses Fail - 95% Within a Few Months

    Why do home businesses fail? There are actually a few reasons. Here are some examples of why. They don't
    know what they're doing. They just jump in. Because they were told it was easy. Once they get in, there is no
    support. It cost way too much to get in. Plus a lot of programs have a monthly fee.
    Here is just a small piece of advice from a person who has been in Internet Businesses for about ten years...
    If someone tells you; This will cost nothing, and you'll get rich. RUN.
    If you have to pay a great deal to get in, (over $500), your first question should be; How long before I see a
    return larger than my start up cost? In other words, when do I get my investment back?
    If you are required to pay a monthly fee, this is fine as long as you are paying for something of value such as
    continuing lessons. Many companies have simply a service charge. This is understandable in a lot of cases
    because this is their operating capitol. However, it has been my experience that if you are paying more than
    $50 per month for a ‘service charge’, the company either does not have enough members or they're just plain
    ripping you off. Either case is bad.
    Let's get back to the initial cost of a program. This is a very important part of any business. Two old sayings
    come into play here;
    You get what you pay for. And, If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
    OK, the first one. If you join a program for $25, expect to get $25 worth of service, product, and support. The
    other side of this is, if you join a program for $800 - $1200 or more, expect to make a lot of money for the
    people who signed you up. That's generally how it works in online businesses. Find something in the middle,
    say about $400 - $600. This way, you have paid a good value to join but it's not so much that you feel like
    you're just making 'them' rich.
    The second. Actually, I have found that this is really just an old tale. Many, many programs I have personally
    seen sounded too good to be true. But in fact, they were true. This is just another case of something that has
    been drilled into our brains since birth.
    Here's the basics to succeed at a home business. Plan on paying to join. Remember, nothing is free. Nothing!
    You can't start a business anywhere without paying. Keep the initial cost as low as possible. As you start making
    money, you can invest more. Try to keep monthly fees  around $50. (Plus, of course, you will have monthly
    costs for domain and hosting services). Make sure you have a contact for support. Also… Remember this, don’t
    plan on making a lot of money overnight. Everything, that is worth anything, takes time.
    Personally, this is why I like a Plan that has monthly lessons. This keeps you in-tune with using the proper steps
    to build a business.
    Please feel free to contact me if you have questions on starting a successful home business. If you're just
    starting out, you need to talk to someone like myself with years of experience. I can help you get started right
    and show you the tips and tools I use to create a successful home business.
    Niche and Keywords First in Building

    It does not matter what you are offering, (selling), on the Internet. The important thing is to offer it in the right
    way. You could be selling information, web hosting, books, or products. What matters is 'How' you sell.
    The first step for any Home Based Internet Business is to set-up a web site in such a way that customers,
    (clients), will be 'drawn' to your site. In order to do this, you will need to advertise in a proper way.
    First, what do you have to offer?
    Are people going to be willing to buy it?
    Here is some basic Psychology to play on:
    People will always do what it takes to either 'get pleasure' or 'avoid pain'.
    Use this to your advantage. What is the benefit your web site is offering?
    Or, what is the benefit of the product you're selling?
    What 'pleasure' does it create... What 'pain' does it avoid?
    Generate 'leads' AFTER you gain trust from people looking at your site.
    You gain this trust by 'giving' them something valuable FREE first. Don't just try to sell your information or
    product to people who don't know you and trust you.
    This is one of the main reasons people fail with an Internet Business.
    They jump into it too fast, trying to sell their product to make quick money.
    If you start your business right, create your web site right, promote your business right, the money will come in.
    Keywords:
    You should be thinking of keywords but not just keywords alone.
    Instead, you also need to think about keyphrases.

    The easiest way to do this is ask yourself, "what would someone trying to find me, type in the search box?" Make
    a list of these. Try them out on the search engines, pretend to be someone looking for your product or service.
    Look at the the example of 'Cowboy Hat Silver-Turquoise Bands'. Keywords could be; Cowboy, cowboy hats,
    hats, bands, hat bands, cowboy hat bands, silver hat bands, turquoise hat bands, silver-turquoise hat bands,
    etc., etc.
    As a keyphrase, someone might also type 'southwest jewelry, hat band'.
    Get the idea?
    These first parts must be done slowly and methodically. Do not rush into it, you will only fail. Think-it-out, you
    must have a good 'niche' with good 'keywords' and 'keyphrases'. Keep working on it until you do.
    Keywords are the essential part of your web business. You will be ready to move on to actually building your web
    site only after you have the proper ingredients in place.
    In this case, it's your 'niche' and now your 'keywords'.
    Advertising and Capture

    Your first step in getting prospects to your web site is establishing your own personal piece of the 'web'. This
    takes advertising, however... you must advertise the right way. This is another one of the reasons so many fail in
    their online home biz.
    There are hundreds and hundreds of companies out there that try to get you to buy their 'leads' program. They
    guarantee you will get leads to your business. This is a waste of time and money. The leads they guarantee, for
    the most part, are people that sign up just to get the special offer this lead generating company is giving. This
    may be in the form of money or it may be points earned. Either way, these people do not care about your site or
    what you have to offer. They are only after the money or points. They will click on then right back off without
    even looking at your site.
    Let's start with a simple way to advertise free. This will 'get your feet wet' in advertising. Everything discussed
    here is about Free advertising. This comes into play especially when your Home Business is just starting.
    Start by writing an AD... You will want this to be short, to-the-point and precise. Do Not tell everything in your ad.
    Keep them guessing while capturing their attention. In other words, write it so they really want to see what this is
    about.
    When writing your ad, don't let it run all over the page. This will be an email going out and all servers are
    different so keep your content on the left side, about 10 words wide.
    It doesn't matter what you're selling or promoting, use this type of ad writing to get their attention.
    Now, you need to get people to read your ad. How many emails have come to you and you deleted them
    because you didn't like the title? (Subject Line)
    In order for you to get people to read your ad, you first have to capture them with your title. This has to be good,
    real good. There is so much 'junk' out there these days and so much 'spam' people will delete most of what they
    get unless it 'captures' them.
    This ad should go out through text ads. This Author highly recommends using solo ads that are free or a free
    email seeker.  It only takes a little while to fill out the sign in form on each one and then copy and paste your ad,
    your title and your url.
    Before starting any type of advertising such as this, you should consult someone who has been in a Successful
    Home Business for a few years. This way, you know what they are doing works.
    Another form of advertising. This is about writing articles.
    It should be noted here that you need to do both types of advertising, not just one.
    This one takes a little more work but is well worth the effort. This type of advertising is what will get you toward
    the top on search engines. It may take some time but once you are on top, or even near the top, of Google,
    Yahoo, Bing, and the others, you won't need to do much advertising.
    Your article cannot say... "Go to ________ (a url)" to sign up for our Training Lessons."
    But you can say... "Your web site has to be 'thought-out' and put together in such a way that is not only
    professional looking but also 'eye-catching' to your prospects. You need MoneyMakingSystem820 not just a
    Money Maker."
    You can also say... "Our name for example, ‘MoneyMakingSystem820'. Keywords for this name are numerous.
    Making money online, home biz, home business, work at home, home business, income from home, etc., etc.
    Also, always remember to use '.com'."
    See what we have done here? We got in our actual web site, MoneyMakingSystem820, then say remember the .
    com.
    Capture:
    Capture everyone that comes to your web site.
    You are sending out advertising to thousands of people, they are looking at your web site, you need to 'capture'
    them. Use Aweber for this and add the forward slash then ?341355.
    Create account, create a 'web form'. They walk you through this process. Now, you have a form people fill out,
    you need to send them a letter. Type this in 'Messages' for whatever you are promoting. You can also add when
    they get your message. Remember, you are not investing much money into your Home Business at this point,
    mainly time. Continue with the lessons for a ‘MoneyMakingSystem820, and always remember whatever you do,
    add the .com.

    Key Points To Starting Your Home Business ~
    There are many Affiliate Programs available online. Many are inexpensive but also, you can find many that are
    FREE. Starting your Business right totally depends on how much time and money you have to invest.
    This is not to say it is absolutely necessary to invest a great deal of money to get started.
    The fact is, many Network Marketing Businesses start with zero out-of-pocket money. You can build a
    MoneyMakingSystem820 through Training Courses that help people get started with their Home Business the
    right way.
    These courses can show you how to set-up and build your own web site and web business, step by step.
    If you do not have a web site and products or information to sell, joining Affiliate Programs could be the answer
    for you to start making money online. Affiliate marketing can be profitable providing you maintain a good
    moneymakingsystem820.
    Never spend your money on an Affiliate Business until you have checked it out. Most companies, (programs), on
    the Internet expect you to pay 'Sign-Up' fees. This may be acceptable in some cases but you should ask yourself
    these questions:
    How much money are you asked to pay up front? How soon will it be before you see a profit? That is, your initial
    investment back-plus. How long has the company been in business? A legitimate company will have been in
    business for at least five years. Does this company have a legitimate address? Does this company have a
    legitimate phone number? Does a live person answer?
    If you are going to build a moneymakingsystem820, then it is strongly recommended that you sign-up for the
    Training Course. The most important part of any Home Business is proper set-up.
    And Most Important...
    Always talk to someone with Home Business experience before you start Your Home Business.
    Home Business Success

    The first step to Starting your own Home Business is to have a Web Site. Before you begin to build your web
    site, you need to build it around something. Many will tell you to build your site and then set it up for search
    engines using 'keywords'. Yes, you will need 'keywords' but this is not going about it in the right order.
    This is why so many fail at Internet Businesses. They get started wrong.
    Don't think about keywords yet. Don't think about building your web site yet. What you need to think about first
    is... What is your 'niche'?
    Now, what are keywords for this niche? What is the competition on your niche?
    Let's say your niche is 'home business'. Come up with a name for your business,
    "this is your niche." Type it in Google and see what the results are, (top right). Ideally, you'd want this to be
    around 10,000 but with some niches that's just not possible. No matter what name you come up with, set a
    maximum of 250,000 competition.
    Try the difference with just a space or a hyphen?
    Find your niche... Play with it on Google by changing, moving words, add hyphen, join words, whatever it takes
    to get a suitable 'results number'.
    OK, you have found your 'niche', you have played with business names on Google only to come up with
    extremely high results numbers. Consider the following;
    If you're selling something, make sure you're selling the right thing.
    The internet is a great tool for selling things, but there's a catch. If you're trying to sell something that lots of
    other people are also trying to sell, you're facing competition two ways; first, it's going to be a lot harder to get
    noticed on the search engines, and second, the competition is going to eat away at the profits.
    The real secret to making money on the net is to sell something that nobody else is selling. Even if the market is
    tiny and obscure, if you're the only maker, the net will bring you and your customers together. If you sell cowboy
    hats, you might have problems getting noticed, but if you specialize in cowboy hat bands, you cut the odds a lot.
    Now what if you specialize in cowboy hat silver-turquoise bands? With this, you'll make money.
    Now you should be getting the idea of your proper 'niche'.
    A Good Monthly Income Does Not Have To Be Hard

    Attraction. You’ve heard the saying in RealEstate… Location, Location, Location. Well, it’s about the same thing
    in an Online Business. Do you want a Home Business? Or do you want a MoneyMakingSystem820? Attraction,
    Attraction, Attraction. If you’re not bringing people to your site, you will not make any money. Maybe you don’t
    care about making money but that’s not the case in most circumstances. You are here to make money.
    Get them to your web site. You have to advertise, but if you don’t advertise properly, you would be just as well off
    going to the nearest casino. Not advertising the right way is simply gambling.
    There are very good training courses out there that show you how to properly advertise to get the best results.
    Not only do you want results in the number of clients, you want advertising results that put you closer and closer
    to the top in the search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing. The best Training Course this Author has found is
    through moneymakingsystem820. This Training Course walks you through every step you need to become
    successful in your home business.        

    Now you have the people, it’s time to start making money. Don’t think about making money from every ‘sucker’
    that comes to your site. You’re not there for that. Concentrate on helping other people make money. The more
    they make, the more you make. There are many programs out there that claim to make money. Most are bad but
    there are a few that are good, some very good. The only trick is to find these good ones without spending a
    fortune. Find someone who has been in this business for a long time and already gone through testing these
    programs. The Author of this Article is such a person and can be contacted with questions.
    This Author has found programs through many years of experience that not only produce an income, they
    produce a very good income, and it’s monthly. Again, you do not want to be concerned with just any Home
    Business. You want to be Affiliated with a successful money system.
    Minimal work plus minimal investment equates to thousands per month. After just a few months the entire Home
    Business would be running on autopilot. No more 820 numbers at the end. Now it’s going to be your own
    numbers at the end of your moneymakingsystem820.
    True Facts About Cash Gifting
    Let me set the facts straight right up front, and this comes from many years experience with this form of income.
    ‘Cash Gifting’, when operated properly, is legal. Not only that, it truly can bring in huge amounts of money. And
    this money is delivered right to your door.
    Read this entire Article thoroughly. You will find extremely helpful tips on how to make a very good income from
    home.
    If you’ve been on the internet for any length of time at all, and been searching for a good home based business, I’
    m sure you’ve seen all the so-called ‘opportunities’. You know the ones I’m talking about, the ones that will make
    you a million in a few weeks and you don’t have to do anything. This is a wild example but my point is this, if the
    opportunity you’re looking at says things like ‘no work involved’, ‘turn just a few dollars into hundreds of
    thousands of dollars’, please do yourself a favor… Run!
    Remember this, the only thing that is free is information.
    Remember this also, the only people that have become rich without working are the ones that won the lotto.
    Beware of ‘ponzi’ schemes and ‘pyramids’.  We’ll go into this on another Article but it comes down to this… Do
    your due-diligence. In other words, make sure you know what you’re getting into.
    True Cash Gifting Programs are one of the best income producers there is. However, after saying that, go back
    to the paragraph above. Like with any other company, business or opportunity, you are going to find good ones
    and bad ones.
    Like any other opportunity being offered, each one is going to try to promote theirs as being the best. Most will
    try to tell you that others are bad, don’t pay or are just scams.
    If you are really interested in producing a good income from home, the most important part of your research is
    talking to and listening to someone who has had a lot of experience in that exact field. As an example, read
    articles such as this and always consult the Author resource box at the bottom.
    Gifting Programs: “The act of privately or publicly giving another person or entity a declared sum of cash, (as a
    gift) and giving it freely without coerce or consideration. Cash Gifting is in no way a loan or any type of payment
    for goods or services received”.
    Things to take note of when looking for a good, honest Gifting Program:
    1-  Be sure it is a ‘1-Up’ program.
    There are very good reasons that you want a 1-Up. First, and most important, your Inviter is going to help you
    because the first person you sign up goes to Him/Her. Second, you are going to do the same with whoever you
    sign up because their first comes to you. You get the idea, everyone helps everyone else in this type of program.
    In a program that has no 1-Up, who is there to care if you get a sign up or not?
    By-the-way, a 1-Up program is NOT by any means a pyramid or the start of one or any connection to one.
    2-  When you get the ‘main offer’ from whichever program you chose, be sure that there is a form for you to fill
    out with at least your name and email. This is very important. This is part of keeping it all legal. When you fill out
    the form, you’ll get an email that you must click on a link to confirm. This way, you have agreed to be invited into
    the program without any spam.
    Beware of too much information. Cash Gifting, to be legal, must not only be carried out right but also must be
    presented in the right manner. It is strictly by invitation only. Therefore, you should not be given too much
    information on the ‘Invitational Page’.  Just the basics of the program and the form to fill out to get all the detailed
    information.
    3-  Ask questions. After you fill out the form and confirm the email, you will have access to your inviter’s
    information.
    Call or email your inviter;
    Make sure you can always get ahold of him/her with any questions.
    Make sure the organization has a tracking system. (A ‘back-office’ so you can see what’s going on)
    Make sure there are documents provided that you, as Invitee, must sign and forward to your Inviter.
    There should not be a marketing plan with this type of program as this could be considered a product. (Although,
    your Inviter can give you tips on his/her method of marketing)
    There should be no company or business that is running this type of program.
    4-  Beware of gifting programs that claim you can start with a very low amount of cash. The only good programs,
    that consistently produce, are the ones that have a minimum entry gift of 500 dollars and only go up to 3000 to
    4000 dollars.
    Feel free to contact this Author with questions.

    The Author of this page is Lee Selders of:  http://l-selcompanies.com      
    Lee is recognized as an experienced Home Business Consultant.
    Lee Selders has been involved in the Internet for over 10 years and has achieved extremely high ratings with all
    associated aspects. Feel free to contact with questions at:  lselco@msn.com
    Lee Selders produces success. Always consult a person with this type of vast experience before you attempt to
    start or expand a Home Business.