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In this issue:

1) Tip of the Week

2) FEATURE ARTICLE: Do You need your own Web site to make money on the net? by Maggie Rowlands

3) Classifieds

4) FREE Resources

5) MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE: The End is Near by Bill Hodges

"Tip of the Week"

When we're starting out in business it seems a natural reaction to "say anything" to land a customer, even when we're not sure how to do what we've promised...sometimes we can even pull it off. This sort of "winging it" can leave our promises unfulfilled, customers disappointed (never to return) and most of all ourselves stressed and drained of the enthusiasm that led us to overpromise to begin with.

Try to channel that zest for obtaining customers into a realistic and well thought out plan for delivering the finished product. The higher you build a customer's expectations, the harder it is for you to meet them. If you give yourself an extra day or two to finish the project, just think how happy and surprised your customer will be when you finish early or under budget. This translates to your best advertising...word of mouth. You come out of the deal with a pat on the back and a bolstered enthusiasm for your next customer.

FEATURE ARTICLE

Do You need your own Web site to make money on the net?

There is really no hard and fast answer to that question! You can make a case for either YES or NO! The best answer is IT DEPENDS..........

You can make money on the net through email advertising. HOWEVER, people do like something to look at. I know if I get an email advertising something and it refers me to a phone no., I just delete it!

If you are advertising someone else's product or service as a reseller, you can more than likely refer people to the web page that your reseller has provided.

The same thing applies to any MLM company you have joined. It usually comes with a personalized web page - if it doesn't then as an MLM company it is definitely behind the times!

The advantages are that someone else is maintaining the web pages and you can concentrate solely on promoting your particular opportunity.

Once you have several items that you are promoting, in the above manner, you can , for the sake of convenience, and also to start creating a net presence for yourself, link all your given sites together with a free website from freeyellow.com, geocities.com or angelfire.com. This will allow you to personalize your own page and ad some text and graphics of your own.

Another alternative is to ask your ISP. There are some Internet Service Providers (ISP) who will allow you to have a small amount of space for your website on their server for free as part of the deal for connecting you to the internet.

This approach gives you more credibility with potential customers. By visiting your site, they can begin to form an idea of who they are dealing with, and whether they like you or not. Another advantage is that you can now start to promote your site, instead of several different business opportunities. You can also include giveaways on your site and advertise those. This brings in more visitors who may stay to have a look at what else you are promoting.

However, if you are online to promote something that is uniquely your own, or if you are really serious about your online business, you really do need your own website, with your own domain name -ie Your Biz.com. This will permit you to incorporate such things as online ordering and give you much more credibility online. You will also get more visitors if you have an interesting site and promote it well. Your address can also go with you if you move to another ISP.

The downside? Its not free! And you will need to put aside some time to maintain your website with updates, new offers and changes on a regular basis.

"Maggie Rowlands is an MLM Analyst and Internet Marketer. Maggie advises downline building groups on the selection of their Programs and is currently creating material for MLM marketing on the Internet. Maggie's site is at http://www.teamwork2000.com"

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MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE

THE END IS NEAR-HOW ARE YOU DOING?

Copyright 1998 William N Hodges, used by permission. July 1997

No, this is not a religious tract, but the question still stands. This year is half over, I hope you established goals you wished to accomplish before the year ends. It is important that you take stock of those goals and determine what you must do in order to take them from goal to reality. Don't let some small adversity or minor barrier, stop you prior to your dream coming true. A little more effort can transform a failure into a success.

You've heard of Thomas Edison, but do you know the name Elmo Dorfinmeyer? Elmo also worked on the electric light bulb-or as he called it, the phosphorific orb. Unfortunately, Elmo got distracted just before he was to throw the switch and went on to start another project. We don't know if his phosphorific orb would have worked or not because, since Edison had beat him to the punch, or should we say to the switch, he abandoned the project and sold the prototype orbs for mini-fish bowls. He did become big in the fish bowl industry, but history remembered Edison.

Then, there was Uris Tooksberry who spent many years perfecting an engine that would power a sailing vessel, but because all his friends laughed at him and called his contraption "Tooksberry's folly" he delayed releasing his discovery to the media. A fellow by the name of Robert Fulton followed through and put an engine on a sailing vessel. Sure enough they did call it "Fulton's folly," but it worked. And history remembers Robert Fulton as being the first person to provide steam propulsion to ships. As a sidelight, since he had been so successful at making his friends laugh at his ideas, Uris went on to a long and distinguished career as a baggy pants comedian on the burlesque circuit.

Edison and Fulton followed their dream. They earned their place in history. They did this by not letting anything get between them and the successful attainment of their goal. What about Elmo and Uris? Did they exist, or are they just figments of my imagination? Well, if you guessed figments, you're right. History rarely takes time to chronicle the name of almost rans. History does not care who starts in the race. History will only record who has the staying power to finish the race first. But Elmo and Uris may have existed.

If you, like Uris, have failed to complete a project because others did not share your dream, heed the words of American journalist Herbert Swope who said, "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure-which is: Try to please everybody." Edison, on the other hand, would have applauded Mark Twain when he said, "Let us be thankful for fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." Elmo (if he existed) was indeed foolish to allow himself to be sidetracked from his goal and, in turn, allow Edison to reap the glory.

Robert Browning said it best, "A minute's success pays the failure of years." You may be on the verge of success. Review your goals and keep on trying.

Bill Hodges is nationally recognized speaker, trainer, and columnist. If you enjoyed this article, you will enjoy his book Within Your Reach which contains 60 such articles on positive thinking. If ordering from your local bookstore, reference ISBN #0-9622717-0-5, or you may order directly by sending your check for $4.95 USCurrency plus ($1.30 USA $3.00 Other) for shipping to Hodges Seminars International, P O Box 22 Fairborn OH 45324. Or order by Visa or Mastercharge at his Web site http://www.BillHodges.com

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