| Too many people join and start an online home based | | | | walking around the mall for hours on end trying to |
| business and fail because they lack the knowledge | | | | generate leads? There is so much new technology out |
| needed to make money online. Valuable time is | | | | there you can use to further your business; Ezine |
| wasted trying to figure what works and what doesn't | | | | Articles, Google Adwords, Squidoo, YouTube, and |
| work. Here are 10 items, commandments if you will, | | | | many many more. Have you even scratched the |
| that have been proven to work and that all successful | | | | surface yet? Even better, there are people out there |
| online home based business entrepreneurs have | | | | who are very capable of taking a totally new person |
| followed to generate true residual income. | | | | and making them 'fluent' in these cutting edge methods. |
| 1) Thou shall not lie | | | | 6) Thou shall set realistic and attainable goals |
| No one likes a liar, nor will people follow a liar. Liars are | | | | Every successful person has set goals; it is how one |
| always exposed and once that happens, their | | | | determines if they are progressing in their business. |
| credibility is shot. Good luck building a successful | | | | Make sure they are attainable and once they have |
| business with zero credibility. Be honest, truthful, and | | | | been reached, set new goals. A successful person |
| upfront with the people you interact with. Integrity is a | | | | never stops setting goals. |
| must. | | | | 7) Thou shall learn the art of duplication |
| 2) Thou shall be confident | | | | Time is money, right? We have heard it before and |
| What do all leaders have in common? They are | | | | we all know that the huge benefit of online based |
| confident in their actions. Confidence attracts people | | | | businesses is the ability to generate money outside of |
| and a leader has many followers. But confidence | | | | time. True residual income comes from duplication. |
| doesn't always mean you have the answer; a person | | | | Understand that and you are well on your way to |
| can be very confident in answering a question, "I don't | | | | being successful. |
| know". | | | | 8) Thou shall implement effective marketing techniques |
| 3) Thou shall provide solutions to peoples' problems | | | | This is similar to Commandment #5 as these |
| Are you trying to sell ice to Eskimos? Are you giving | | | | techniques usually use new technology, but the fact is |
| someone a hammer when they need a screwdriver? | | | | the majority of people do not know how to effectively |
| Or are you giving a person the tools he or she needs | | | | market their idea. You can use Google Adwords, |
| to solve his or her problem? The second part to that is | | | | YouTube, Facebook, Ezine Ads, Viral emailers, or the |
| do they know it? Provide solutions and do not beat | | | | multitude of other marketing techniques out there, but |
| around the bush - make sure the customer knows | | | | you need to know how to do it effectively; otherwise |
| that you are providing a solution to their problem. | | | | you are just wasting your time and continuing down |
| 4) Thou shall be informed | | | | the path of failure. |
| You can never position yourself as an expert if you | | | | 9) Thou shall be consistent in their actions |
| are not educated in what you are doing. The key to | | | | We hear it all the time; be consistent in what you do to |
| this commandment is to develop a habit of | | | | build your business. Set up a routine to make it easier. |
| learning...something you practice every day. Read | | | | Failing to be consistent - not doing so will result in just |
| books, take training courses, listen to CDs but do | | | | that, failure. |
| something to further your knowledge. You will never | | | | 10) Thou shall be a student and expert in copywriting |
| have the answer to everything but if you don't have | | | | Copywriting is by far the most important concept you |
| the answer to anything, it will be easy to see why you | | | | will need to master. Ask yourself this, "Why did you |
| are failing. | | | | start reading this article I wrote?" Once you answer |
| 5) Thou shall adapt to new technology | | | | that, you have become a student of copywriting - now |
| Web 2.0 is here. Are you utilizing it or are you still | | | | it is time to become an expert. |