tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76064876332107459622024-03-13T19:03:31.582-07:00Verizon LayoffsKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312096077599513214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606487633210745962.post-84411844479584638212010-06-09T16:58:00.000-07:002010-06-09T17:02:08.985-07:00Home Based Business: Solution for you?<object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12439698&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12439698&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br />
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Click <a href="http://training.meetkevinjohnson.com/">http://training.meetkevinjohnson.com/</a>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312096077599513214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606487633210745962.post-81387960080964687532010-03-12T14:08:00.000-08:002010-03-13T04:55:29.242-08:00Baby boomers join online businesses in droves<h2>Having a system is the key to a lucrative home based business opportunity</h2><br />
As more companies adjust to the current economic environment, not only are they laying off but they are changing the terms of their pension plans.<br />
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Baby boomers facing retirement are now faced with a double whammy. Their company pensions are now gone and the value of any outside investments that they may have had have plummeted. To say that many are nervous about retirement is an understatement. <br />
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Many with very little time to go until their "so-called" golden years now realize that they will not be able to retire and enjoy life. For that reason, many are joining online businesses in droves. <br />
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Whether it is part-time, post-retirement, pre-retirement or whatever, to succeed online you need a system. If your goal is to replace the income that you lost in your 401K, it can be done with some sweat equity but it requires a system if you are to work smart, and not hard.<br />
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Any system that has a goal of taking full advantage of the sea of people on the internet begins with marketing no matter what the product is.<br />
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Any business owner knows that without marketing, he is dead in the water. The problem that most new online business owners have is that internet marketing is so different than what they are traditionally used to, it can be tremendously confusing.<br />
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To begin marketing <em>professionally </em>on the internet, you must begin with real estate. Just like the traditional brick and mortar business must have real estate, you must too. Your real estate on the internet is your domain name. <br />
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Try to pick a domain name that is catchy, or in the case of some people, they are able to use their names as their domain name. You must register your domain so that it will become active. One of the largest domain registrars is <a href="http://affiliate.godaddy.com/redirect/8CB0D3B4D958ADA7521180684AA8DB9954DDFF345E108C4A779974E2014FC57F">Go Daddy</a>. There you can register for as little as $10 per year for a .com address.<br />
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On your newly acquired real estate (your domain name), you must now put up some kind of display to attract visitors. This is called a "capture page". It is simply a sales page that is designed to interest people in your product so that they will either buy or indicate that they want more information on your product.<br />
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The next thing you need is traffic. Any good store front will be in a location that has lots of traffic. The internet is not much different, except that you will drive traffic to your website. One method of driving that traffice is called "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_per_click">Pay per Click</a>". <br />
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PPC is simply a system of advertising that only charges you when your prospects click on an ad. One very large system is run by Google, called Adwords. One problem you may face with that system is that some keywords have become so competative, that it has gotten very expensive to advertise there.<br />
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Another system that works well is banner ads. There are very large banner networks that will show your ads across hundred of websites. Some are PPC and some are CPM. CPM or Cost per Mille (thousands) is simply a system that charges per number of "eyeballs" that actually view your ads, not clicks.<br />
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To summarize, with any online product that you want to market, be sure that the system starts with the marketing. A professional marketing system will put you in front of the right people. <u>You won't have to pitch your products to any friends, relatives, or co-workers with a the right professional marketing system.</u><br />
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Without a professional marketing system you are just spinning your wheels and won't reach your goal of replacing your 401k.<br />
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- Kevin Johnson <br />
Kevin Johnson is an expert in online marketing. He can be found on the web <a href="http://www.meetkevinjohnson.com/group-landing-page">here</a><br />
<h3></h3>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312096077599513214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606487633210745962.post-62815720824072002142010-01-26T18:15:00.000-08:002010-01-27T11:06:01.272-08:00Layoff announced today1/26/2010<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">CEO Ivan Seidenberg said on the company's quarterly earnings call Tuesday that it will slash about 13,000 positions in 2010. The telecom giant previously cut 13,000 jobs from its landline business in 2008 and another 13,000 again in 2009. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Verizon's total headcount at the end of 2010 was nearly 223,000, with 117,000 employees in the fixed-line business. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">The layoffs will not be specific to any geographic area, said Bob Varettoni, a Verizon spokesman...</span><br />
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If you are a Verizon employee, sadly you know that tune all to well. RIFs, layoffs and job cuts should be no big surprise in 2010.<br />
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When I was a Verizon employee, every 6 months it was the same thing. The same game of duck and cover. Waiting to find out if you get to play a game of musical chairs with your fellow employees. You know, <em>round and round you go</em> and the last one standing goes home wondering how they are going to pay their mortgage.<br />
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So you have to ask yourself, are you going to continue to wait until you get tapped on your shoulder and told to go home to work on your resume or are you going <strong>to fight?</strong><br />
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So here are your choices:<br />
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<ol><li>You can take your chances. Maybe you will get laid off or maybe you will get to keep your J.O.B (just over broke for those that don't know). If even you get laid off, maybe you will be one of the lucky ones and will find a job right away. But <strong>do you want to gamble with your family's security that way?</strong></li>
<li>Begin your own <strong>work from home business and secure your family's future no matter what happens</strong>. </li>
</ol>If you decide to do nothing and stick your head in the sand, good luck to you. <u>Just remember that Verizon is not really looking out for you and it offers no real security</u>. Their loyalty lies with the major shareholders.<br />
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However, if you are looking for a lucrative home based business opportunity to replace your current income you literally have hundreds of choices and hundreds of products. Most of the opprotunies that are out there are good. Here are some things to keep in mind when looking for a the right work from home opportunity:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is the product?</span><br />
Is it something that people would be interested in, is it a popular item? Is the product that is being offered better or at least compatible with other like products out there, both in price and quality?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is the leadership doing?</span><br />
Will the leadership teach old methods like the making a list of your friend and family.? Or are they teaching you to market using the latest techinuques to attract prospects to you?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How is the pay plan?</span><br />
Most direct marketing companies use some type of pay plan that pays on multiple levels. If you think about it, it is no different at Verizon. You have multiple layers of people working on teams and all levels of management above you get paid from your efforts. All the way up to Ivan. The difference with a home based business is that you write your own perfomance review and determine your own paycheck. Most of the more progressive pay plans have a method for you to help others by putting people on other people's teams with no penalty. A matrix and a binary pay plan do that.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Training and follow up</span><br />
Does the company offer training and follow up? Just like your on the job training, training in your new home based business venture isn critical to your sucess.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How much to get started?</span><br />
Are the start up costs affordable for you? Will you have ongoing costs that you will have to cover every month like product purchases, monthly quotas and websites?<br />
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So in a nutshell, preparation beats surprise. If you would like information on a home based business that requires <strong>no retailing, no lotions, potions or autoship</strong>. The customers are provided by the company and new technology will allow you to profit from the customers, click on the link below.<br />
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