Alternative income solutions for people with disabilities and health conditions, in the world of home based business, by Rex Harris

On October 23rd, 2008 I will be facing one the greatest challenges I’ve faced, to date, in my life. On March 27th of 1970 I was born with a defective aortic heart valve. A normal valve consists of three leaves and is considered tri-cuspid. My aortic valve is bi-cuspid, meaning there are only two leaves. This has caused a condition in my heart that requires the replacement of this valve.

The upside to all of this is the fact that, as a home business owner, even though there will be down time in the hospital, I won’t be forced to miss 6 to 8 weeks of work that I couldn’t do off line or away from the house.

Owning a home based business offers many advantages. Many of my clients are people who are working from home due to disability or other health related conditions that will not allow them to work a regular job. There is a large portion of the home business community that falls into this demographic.

As someone facing a temporary disability due to a health issue, I’m very thankful to have a full time home based business to fall back on when I return home from my surgery.

If you fall into this bracket and are in a similar situation where you are forced to work from home to earn your living, I would like to offer you a few strategies that you can use to improve the results you are seeing through your marketing efforts online.

1.) Don’t be afraid to be you! The beauty of what we do as home business rests in the fact that we are unique. However, none of us are so unique that we won’t be able to find those who can relate with us in one way or another. You will find that targeting individuals who may be dealing with the same or similar challenges, that you face, will be a win – win situation for both parties. While I don’t suggest jumping on a particular bandwagon, so to speak, I think it’s important for us to share details to the extent that people can relate with us. You will find it much easier to build a relationship with someone who can relate with on one level or another versus someone you have nothing in common with.

2.) Incorporate a “my story mentality” into your blogs, articles and any other content you create online. Always work toward the goal of sharing quality information and strategies that will be of a benefit to the reader. When someone takes information from your blog, for example, and applies what they have learned (to see it work) they will come back for more. This is a great strategy for opening the lines of traffic to your site and the development of a relationship with your reader base.

3.) Advertise on your blogs! I highly recommend joining a affiliate program (something that falls in line with the overall message on focus of your blog) that will be of interest to the reader. I then recommend writing reviews about the products you are selling on your blog. This will encourage the reader to follow the advice of someone who has use the resource in question and make the purchase so they can learn the same. You will find that if you sell a $7 to $10 ebook on your blogs, that actually work for the reader, that people will want to come to you to learn more. They will also be more willing to spend money for your products/services.

For more information on how to increase sales and sign up results with your blog, visit www.rexharris.net

How To Use Yuwie And YuuGuu For Immediate Sign Ups And Sales

Here’s a technique that you can use to generate immediate sign ups and sales using free Internet marketing resources.

First, go to www.yuwie.com and create a free account.

Second, go to www.yuuguu.com and create a free account.  For those who don’t know, YuuGuu is a free desktop conferencing service that allows you to talk with and share your computer screen with other users.  One of the best I’ve used and it’s absolutely free!  Using has saved me $80 per month in my business budget, which has now become profit.

Once you have created your free Yuwie account, create a simple, honest profile, with a professional picture, that shares with people who you are and what you are about.  Don’t go crazy with advertising… keep it real.

Then, go into the Yuwie clubs under “Business and Entrepeneurs” and find friends who have similar interests as you.  Don’t be to picky, but a picture is worth a thousand words.  I find that you get better results when you target people who look the camera in the eye and smile.

Open the lines of communication with people using the subject line “Hi NAME, question about BUSINESS“… i.e.  ”Hi Bob, question about Xango.”

In the add body keep things simple.  After they have accepted your friend request, reply to them:

“Hi Bob, (use their name, not Bob, unless their name is Bob… ) Thanks for adding me as a friend!  I see you are in Xango, how is that going for you?”

Rex (or your name) – www.yourname.com

As the conversation moves forward, ask basic questions like “How long have you been marketing online?”

“What type of marketing resources have been working the best for you?”

Share what you’re learning and invite people into YuuGuu to show them what you do and then incorporate your websites into the presentation.

This is a technique I use and teach daily and it works very well.  If you would like to see the system in action, contact me through Learn-To-Earn-Now or RexHarris.net

Multi-level marketing strategies using social networks by Rex Harris

If you and I are anything alike. you have a passion for this the Internet marketing industry.  Chances are, you have probably seen people come and go from your organization, just like I have.  The main reason that happens is lack of the right training. 

Finding a sponsor, in the world of MLM, that will help you at all is hard enough.  Finding one who actually has the knowledge to help you succeed is a task next to impossible anymore.  Most MLM‘ers, who have had any success, will probably have ties to old school marketing tactics… and that is a frustration that you do not need.

Here are some helpful tips for finding and becoming a good sponsor…

1.)  Find and become a teacher.  There aren’t to many champions in life that didn’t have the help of a good coach, mentor or trainer.  Your future growth will depend upon your willingness to learn and, then, teach.

2.)  Put leaders on your front line.  You wouldn’t start a business without hiring qualified employees and managers… why would you build the front line of any matrix without leaders?  Business is business… online business is the way of the future and there is no room for half a**ed recruiting effors.  Find people who can do the job.  Anything less is desperate and bad business, in my opinion.

3.)  Don’t be desperate, even if it means putting your online businesss of until a time when you can begin comfortably.  I’ve had people call me (true story) and tell me that they house was going to be reposessed the next day and what can I do to make $1200 by tomorrow.  If you are looking to the Internet to get out of a financially desperate situation, now is not the time for you to start.  You can’t start a successful online business without investing in it.  Don’t rob Peter to pay Paul… work hard to get what you need to start and do it the right way.  The greatest victories in life come after fierce battles.

Social networks like Direct Matches, MySpace, Yuwie and more are great places to find leaders to build your home based business, mlm opportunity or affiliate program.

Use the profiles of other Internet marketers and business opportunity seekers to qualify leaders for your business.  This will build a stronger downline and keep you in business through your retirement years and beyond.

Become an effective leader to decrease program hopping and attrition.  Using social communities, you can profile the beahvior of the people you bring into your business much better than just chasing leads.

For more mlm strategies visit http://www.rexharris.net

Rex Harris is co-founder of The Internet Entrepreneurs Club (http://www.theieclub.com) as well as a student of Craig Garcia, Jeffrey Combs, Ellie Drake and the EDC Diamond system.

Rex Harris on how to use HubPages for fast Google listings

How to get top listings on Google… fast… using HubPages

I’d like to take a few minutes today and share with you a little known tactic for quick Google listings.  

Most of the marketers that I have talked with, over the last year, have had one thing in common…. they don’t know how to take their promotions to the front pages of Google in order to reach their target market.

Last week, at the advice of a friend, I signed up for a blog site called HubPages and wrote an article.  To my surprise, when I woke up the next day, I found that article on the second page of Google under my target key phrase.

For the last 8 months I have been studying keyword research for the optimization of my web site.  Using the Google AdWords tool and DigitalPoint.com, I am able to plug in my keyphrase and find out how many searches are done, daily, for the key phrase I want to target.

While this knowledge alone is quite valuable, without the knowledge to apply that information to my marketing efforts, those keyword search tools are useless. 

To succeed in the world of Web 2.0, people will need to know how to make things happen.  Perhaps you have heard, in your marketing circles, that blogging and article writing is one of those keys.  If that’s the case, it would be best advised to listen to those who know this, because it’s true… blogging can take you to the top of Google and more in record time.

To make this happen, you will need a few basic pointers to get started….

First, you will need to learn how to use the Google AdWords keyword tool.  You can access this tool by going to Google and searching the key phrase “keyword selector tool.”  Once that search has been completed, you will find the link for this tool in the top three listings of the page.  Upon arriving, simply enter the key words you want to research in the “keyword suggestion” box.

Second, you will need to know how to use DigitalPoint.com.  Upon arriving, if you scroll down and click “Webmaster Tools,” you will be taken to a page with multiple options.  Select the “keyword selection tool.”  You will then be prompted to enter words for phrase that you would like informatoin on.  The results given will tell you exactly how many searches are being done for your key phrase(s) daily.

Third, you will need to write an article on HubPages targeting your key phrase.  You will always want to include your key phrase is the title of all articles you want to optimize for the words/phrasing you have chosen.  You will also want to use that key phrase a couple of times in the early stages of your article because the search engines pick up the key phrase at the top of a document much better than when they are used in the middle or toward the end.

When writing your articles, stick to what you know.  One of the biggest mistakes most marketers make is to jump into someting before they know how to make it produce correctly.  It’s always best to take the time to learn and grow.  This process doesn’t mean that you have to quit working to learn.  Having the right mentor, you will be able to earn while you learn.

For more detailed information on how you can take advantage of social marketing strategies and Web 2.0, visit me online at www.rexharris.net

Start your campaign today at www.hubpages.com